Covid-19 has changed my thinking on universal basic income
I'm more open to the scheme than I was before.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
I'm more open to the scheme than I was before.
ByRather than a burden, the welfare system is a form of collective insurance against life’s hazards.
ByThe Department for Work and Pensions announced that 950,000 had successfully applied for benefits in two weeks.
ByHalf a million are encountering the new welfare system for the first time, discovering the misery it has caused deprived claimants…
ByThe increased support is too modest to protect many of those who will be without work during the pandemic.
ByAs shelves fall empty through frenetic stockpiling, blameless employees are left trying to appease irate customers.
ByIf people cannot self-isolate and maintain financial peace of mind, they won’t follow the government’s orders.
ByThe Chancellor is doing something new and radical – but he is also striking a note of continuity.
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