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We’re hosting an event in Edinburgh next week!
On November 29th at the Wee Red Bar in Edinburgh, Basic Income Network Scotland…
Are you thinking about attending the BIEN Congress?
You might have heard that Basic Income Network Scotland, along with partners at the University…
Volunteer at the BIEN Congress 2021
Join the volunteer team that will have a pivotal role in organising the Basic Income…
Scotland-based project to examine Basic Income’s potential to improve mental health
A newly launched project is seeking to examine the role Basic Income (BI) could play…
Why is a Basic Income paid on an individual basis?
In the final (for now) instalment of our series of blogs covering the basics of…
We have changed our name to Basic Income Network Scotland – here’s why
In September 2020, the board of Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland formally decided to change…
Why is a Basic Income unconditional?
Following on from last week's blog about why a Basic Income has no behavioural requirements,…
Why does Basic Income have no behavioural requirements?
This week, we're continuing our series of blogs covering common questions about Basic Income and…
Why are Basic Income payments uniform?
CONVERSATIONS about Basic Income have been springing up across Scotland in recent months following the…
Why is a Basic Income paid periodically?
In the third instalment of our series of blogs covering Basic Income FAQs and core…
Why is a Basic Income universal?
The second instalment of our series of blogs covering Basic Income FAQs and core principles,…
Why is a Basic Income paid in cash?
The last few months have seen significant momentum grow behind the Basic Income movement. Distinguished…
‘Still work to be done’: Overcoming the obstacles to Scotland’s basic income pilot
A NEW briefing paper by Basic Income Conversation has drawn attention to the many barriers…
Food Ethics Council joins call for a Basic Income
The Food Ethics Council is the latest group to advocate a Basic Income, with their…
Our Statement: Now is the Time for a Scottish Basic Income
Today Scotland's world leading Basic Income feasibility study research has been published. This work was…
A huge week for Basic Income
This week represents an incredibly exciting moment for the Basic Income movement as the draft…
Stay Alert? What do the UK government’s changes actually mean?
As the UK government demands its people stay alert and Rishi Sunak extends the furlough…
Unskilled workers to Key workers. The foundations of a brave new world?
Luke explores the transformation of 'unskilled' workers to key workers and how its time…
We’re out of money and forgotten The voice of the self-employed
Yesterday we published our response to the measures the government announced to support self-employed workers…
S.O.S: Save Our Self-Employed
Chancellor Sunak yesterday missed the opportunity to provide genuine security and support for self-employed workers…
A letter from Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland: Basic Income Now
The country and continent are facing unprecedented times with never a greater need for…
We need an emergency Basic Income now
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Universal Basic Income has started cropping up in…
Coronavirus, the budget and Basic Income?
Coronavirus is on everyone's lips and its increasiblgy demonstrating the failure of current systems to…
It’s a big year for Basic Income.
...Especially in Scotland! What's happening? Where is it happening? Why are we so excited? It…
What gets CBINS volunteers out of bed in the morning? – Meet some of the team!
With events taking place last week in Glasgow and next week in Edinburgh, CBINS' work…
Two More Basic Income Events in November
There are another two basic income related events being held in Scotland before the month…
Scott Santens – ‘Mr. Basic Income’
CBINS volunteer Andrew Moran shares his thoughts on finding out about - and becoming an…
Basic Income and the blurring of art and life – A Q&A with Toby Lloyd
Toby Lloyd is a Newcastle-based artist who's currently working on a long term project about…
Re-Imagining Resilience
Jennie Knights makes the case for thinking differently about resilience and considers how a basic…
Basic Income and Poverty
Today is the final day of ‘Challenge Poverty Week’ and in this article Luke explores…
Profile: Challenging Inverclyde Poverty
This week is Challenge Poverty Week, so on the blog we're focusing on how Basic…
Basic Income and mental health: the importance of lived experience
This Wednesday, 25th September, we're hosting an Edinburgh meet-up focusing on Basic Income and mental…
The RSA’s report “A Basic Income for Scotland” – What you need to know
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) recently conducted research…
The rise of Neo-Fascism and the Far Right: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in his recent…
Ecological Crisis: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in his recent…
The Advancing Robots: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in…
Precarity: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in…
Stress: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in…
How could a Basic Income support a Circular Economy?
Next week, on Wednesday 31 July, we're hosting an Edinburgh meet-up looking at how a…
Debt: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in…
Insecurity: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in…
Inequality: Standing’s Eight Giants
In this series Luke explores the Eight Modern Giants introduced by Economist Guy Standing in…
Standing’s Eight Giants: Introduction
In this blog Luke Brotherdale Smith talks about how his passion for the Basic Income…
As an artist, a Basic Income would transform my life
Scottish artist Jenny Lupton details the difficulties she finds trying to sustain a living through…
Exploring Basic Income in Scotland Project Launch
Exploring Basic Income in Scotland is a cross-disciplinary project, funded by Scottish Universities Insight Institute,…
Why we’re optimistic about the potential Scottish Basic Income pilots
The potential Basic Income pilots in Scotland have the time and resources that other recent…
The preliminary results of the Finnish Basic Income experiment – what you need to know
The preliminary results of the Finnish Basic Income experiment seem to show receiving a Basic…
Basic Income fulfils our need for creativity, community and connectedness
Chris Grant explains how becoming a leader at work and a parent at home made…
Basic Income: Real Lives
At CBINS we believe in giving voice to as many as possible, so we would…
Ontario Basic Income Pilot: A participant’s perspective
When discussing basic income it is easy to get lost in ideological and political discussion,…
Why universal basic income costs far less than you think
Want to get rid of poverty, lessen inequality and provide financial stability in a world…
Closing Reflections, BIEN Congress 2018
The Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) held their annual congress at The University of Tampere,…
Exploring Basic Income in Scotland
From September - November 2018 we are hosting a series of workshops to unite practitioners,…
Feasibility Study: Is there institutional support for a basic income pilot?
This is the final instalment in our feasibility study series. So far we have looked…
Feasibility Study: Will the public support a basic income pilot?
Previously we looked at what a feasibility study is, and what it is trying to…
Feasibility Study: Can basic income gain the necessary political support for a pilot?
In this second instalment of our feasibility study series we examine a key question the…
Feasibility Study: What is the Government doing right now around basic income?
The proposed basic income pilots in Scotland are receiving a lot of attention in the…
Tories’ Attack on Basic Income Pilots is Based on Fear of Results
The Scottish Conservatives' Social Security Spokeswoman, Michelle Ballantyne has recently called the basic income pilots…
The Changing World Of Work
The way we work is changing. From flexible working to the gig economy, many people…
New Basic Income Event Series in Edinburgh
If a basic income is to become a reality for Scotland we need everyone to…
Basic Income Pilots – What are they and what do you need to know?
If a basic income pilot is implemented in Scotland the public will need to be…
Volunteer Social Media Coordinator
Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland is a charity campaigning for a basic income in Scotland.…
Volunteer Event Coordinator
Citizen’s Basic Income Network Scotland is a charity campaigning for a basic income in Scotland.…
Bairns Come First
In this guest blog, Rhona from Fife Gingerbread looks at how a basic income could…
Inside the DWP – Debt and UCD372
A current employee of the Department of Work and Pensions approached us wanting to share…
Creating Better Working Days
Why don't people spend time on their true passions? Here Alyona argues that, by providing…
Health, Poverty and Basic Income
I work in a busy, urban hospital in Canada. People come to our Emergency Department…
Should we welcome Silicon Valley’s support for basic income?
An excellent recent article in Wired, The Paradox of Universal Basic Income, made several interesting…
Ronnie Cowan MSP welcomes Reform Scotland report on Citizen’s Basic Income
On December 5th Ronnie Cowan issued the following press release: SNP MP WELCOMES SUPPORT FOR…
Is Automation a Man’s Argument for CBI?
The bulk of contemporary political and economic arguments in support of a universal citizen’s basic…
Alternative Economics and UBI from Upstream
Upstream is a podcast about alternative economics and the role it could play in systemic…
Stubborn over Modern
I’m 32. Born 1984. Margaret Thatcher was my Prime Minister (Scotland had no parliament). I…
Basic Income changed my life
By Anne van Dalen, first woman to receive a BI in the Netherlands @vanDalenAnne How…
Taxing Questions
Let's look at how the UK can pay for UBI in the future. Any stats quoted…
A New Social Contract
In the previous blog post, I highlighted how rapidly our world of work is being…
The AI Curve and Why Universal Basic Income is The Only Solution
You’ve probably heard of a `tick’ or hockey stick curve. It’s a device statistics experts…
Individualism has had its day
A Citizen's Basic Income (BI) is an idea I've believed in for many years, without…
Flashback to Kelty: Maddy’s opening address at our Pilot event
The following is the opening address from Maddy Halliday at our event in Kelty about…
A progressive way forward
With the current social security budget being deemed to be unacceptably high by most political…
There are no ‘magic bullets’
'Magic bullets' don't come around very often. Frankly, they don't really exist. So why do…
The flaws in the inflation argument against a basic income
One of the most common objections to a basic income is that it would increase…
Individual Freedom and Basic Income
A basic tenet of Conservatism is that the individual ought to be able to get…
Universal Basic Income would de-commodify our lives
For me the most important thing about a universal basic income is that it begins…
Near unanimous support for Citizen’s Income at Scottish Independence Convention
It was noticeable that there was near unanimous support for the idea of a citizen’s…
A Citizen’s Basic Income would directly address gender inequality
From time to time, reports from the financial sector highlight the fact that women are…
Today’s welfare system is not one we would design today
If you had a blank sheet of paper and were asked to design a welfare…
Livorno’s Basic Income Trial
Local ‘citizen’s basic income’ (CBI) schemes are being launched across the globe, so it is…