Author Archives: Paul Noblet

Paul Noblet

Help shape our new Universal Basic Income policy

By Paul Noblet | Mon 24th May 2021 - 2:03 pm

At our 2020 Autumn Federal Conference members voted to commit the party to campaign for a universal basic income and called on the Federal Policy Committee to work on the details of the implementation.

For the past three months a working group, including members from England, Scotland and Wales, has heard from external experts and campaigners on how a UBI could be implemented and paid for in a socially just and equitable manner.

In our discussions the working group has tried to discern what members may have had in mind in voting for UBI as a broad policy whilst balancing the impact of a basic income on the party’s ability to fund other policy priorities in a future general election manifesto.

Continue reading »
Posted in News and Party policy and internal matters | Tagged and | 87 Comments
Advert

Recent Comments

  • Jana
    We don’t need a cap on donations - we need a cap on total spending by each political party, both on routine running costs each year and on specific election c...
  • Mohammed Amin
    I have just read the full story on PoliticsHome. It is sobering to be reminded how quickly things can change. I congratulate Anna Sabine on being open about ...
  • David Vigar
    Good thinking. And close to the fundamental beliefs of Paddy Ashdown, with whom I worked in the 1990s. His thinking was that if every citizen could fulfil their...
  • Peter Martin
    It's really nothing new that politics is dominated by "big money". It's not all about donations to political parties. We've seen the effects that Murdoch's news...
  • Chloe
    "Are you suggesting their ‘super-rich supporters’ are doing it out of pure altruism, Jana, or do you think they want to get something out of it"... If you ...