Plans for trial of Universal Basic Income in Stroud District 21st December 2020 / 20th March 2021 by Dagan Smith Stroud District could be the location of a “groundbreaking” trial of Universal Basic Income (UBI) after the District Council approved the idea of running a pilot scheme. District Councillors Catherine Braun (Green, Wotton-under-Edge, North Nibley and Stinchcombe) and Trevor Hall (Labour, Dursley) proposed and seconded a cross-party motion to trial UBI – a non-means-tested sum paid […] Read more » Dursley Stroud Stroud District Stroud District Council Stroud Greens UBI Universal Basic Income
Green Councillors join call for Universal Basic Income to support us all through covid crisis 28th April 2020 / 6th May 2020 by Dagan Smith Local Green District and County Councillors join over 100 MPs and Peers across seven parties for the introduction of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) in response to COVID-19. The letter to Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer was published in the Financial Times on April 22, 2020. The joint statement calls for a recovery UBI […] Read more » COVID-19 Dursley Greens Stroud UBI
