Access to sufficient services to enable universal safety, opportunity and participation.
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IGP report 2017
Social Prosperity for the Future Download report PDF In this report, we lay out some ideas about how to deliver quality of life for the UK, improve public services in ways that are affordable, and link radical policy initiatves to improved social integration and cohesion. These are ideas for debate across the broadest spectrum in…
UK Labour Party adopts UBS as policy pillar
At their annual conference in Brighton this year the UK’s official opposition party, Labour, adopted Universal Basic Services as a pillar of their national policy platform. Announcing the policy John McDonnell, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, said “that everyone has a right to a good life… by providing public services free at the point of…
About IGP
A larger life for the ordinary person. At the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP), we are committed to three things: public debate around new ideas; sustainable investment in social infrastructures; and public policy aimed at improving the quality of people’s lives. We have been inspired by discussions about how to rethink economies, both local and…
