Basic Income: Real Lives
At CBINS we believe in giving voice to as many as possible, so we would like to hear from anyone who feels a basic income could benefit them.
Broken Welfare System
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 across Scotland an “SNP vanity project” and suggests that “the scheme should be dropped now”. At a time when universal credit is shown to be failing, the Conservatives should not be misrepresenting evidence to attack research into an alternative. Dr … Read more
Inside the DWP – Debt and UCD372
A current employee of the Department of Work and Pensions approached us wanting to share insight into the distressing treatment of people currently dependent on the benefits system. They stressed the need for a dramatic change in our welfare system and advocated for a move to a basic income. Anonymous Employee of the Department of … Read more