Mike Danson

Minimum Income Guarantee. An essential step on the way to introducing a Basic Income or the opportunity for another delay?

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“Minimum Income Guarantee would ensure that no one falls below an agreed income level set to allow everyone to live a dignified quality of life, offering financial security and unlocking opportunities for all. This income level would be achieved through a combination of fair and accessible paid work, reform on costs, high-quality services and stronger … Read more

Flashback to Kelty: Maddy’s opening address at our Pilot event

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The following is the opening address from Maddy Halliday at our event in Kelty about the Fife basic income pilot on January 28th 2017: I am delighted to be here and to see so much interest in Citizen’s Basic Income. Thank you for joining us and Fife Council in this milestone event, to launch CBINS … Read more

Livorno’s Basic Income Trial

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Local ‘citizen’s basic income’ (CBI) schemes are being launched across the globe, so it is useful to remind ourselves of some of the fundamental criteria we expect to see in any proposal. The anti-establishment Five Star Movement (MS5) in the Italian city of Livorno, for example, is extending an initiative to provide a guaranteed basic … Read more