We’re all in this together; but some of us are more in it together than others
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011 by Moussa Haddad Posted in Citizen's income, Cuts, Inequality, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Wellbeing | No Comments »Yesterday’s IFS report on what they call the Great Recession makes for depressing reading. In the years of recession itself, real (inflation-adjusted) incomes were somewhat protected by the previous government’s actions (as well as some curiosities around the interaction of ...
Unemployment in the 21st Century: is the welfare system fit for purpose?
Thursday, April 1st, 2010 by Jim Boyle Posted in Citizen's income, Livelihoods, Welfare reform | 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, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 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, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 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, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 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, Livelihoods, UK poverty, Welfare reform | 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 ...
