Unemployment in the 21st Century: is the welfare system fit for purpose?
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 by Jim Boyle Posted in Citizen's income, Welfare reform, livelihoods | 1 Comment »Employment is important: for health, for relationships, and for the economy. When people previously unemployed find jobs, their mental health and well-being improves. In contrast, being unemployed for over six months causes health damage equivalent to smoking 200 cigarettes a ...
Let’s make tax more fair
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 by Ben Morgan Posted in Citizen's income, Welfare reform, livelihoods, uk poverty | No Comments »Voters want clarity on how they will be taxed, but they also need their leaders to get it right. Referring to the scheduled 0.5% increase in the rate of National Insurance (on top of an identical increase last year) during a ...
The Problem with the Idea of a Citizen’s Income
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Dan Paskins Posted in Citizen's income, Uncategorized, Welfare reform, livelihoods, uk poverty | 2 Comments »Here's the problem that advocates of a citizens income face: a recent political party newsletter in Hackney, attacking another political party, claimed that the Citizens Income would mean 'spending £188 billion on central government payments for millionaires'. This is ...
Citizen’s income: an idea whose time has come? (part two)
Thursday, August 27th, 2009 by Colin Williams and Jan Windebank Posted in Citizen's income, Welfare reform, uk poverty | 1 Comment »Yesterday, we introduced some of the arguments relating to the idea of a citizen’s income. Today, we consider two variants of a citizen’s income that look to provide basic incomes for active citizenship, in ways that avoid compulsion. Active community service At ...
A Citizen’s Income: part of the answer to poverty
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by Malcolm Torry Posted in Citizen's income, Welfare reform, livelihoods, uk poverty | No Comments »There are two aspects to income poverty in the developed world: the household’s current situation, and the ease with which a household improve their situation. The current benefits system makes both of these harder. The main problem which needs fixing ...
Citizen’s Income Week on UK Poverty Post
Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Citizen's income, Uncategorized, Welfare reform, livelihoods, uk poverty | No Comments »Reading Jenni Russell on welfare reform in the Guardian this week, much of what she wrote rang true, and chimed with our critique of the government’s approach. In particular, I was struck by how much the debate in the comments ...
