We are very pleased to present a short video introducing the London Cooking Project and the Be Enriched Battersea Canteen. We know that the idea of a UBS for Food is one of the harder ones to imagine, and so we hope that a vignette of a community food service already in action will give everyone … Continue reading London Cooking Project: community food in action
Mr Universal Services in Basic Income Land
I was interested to find out what the core basic income believers believed, and where better to find them than at the annual worldwide congress of the Basic Income Earth Network.
What About A Collective Alternative?
There is strong evidence that these collective services play an important redistributive role, give far better value for money than services purchased by individuals, and help to build social solidarity in ways that markets never can.
One Question: Universal Basic Income
Danny Dorling: A basic income is also not an alternative for basic universal services. We need both.
Basic Income and Basic Services — Complement or Substitute?
Andrew Percy, Co-Director of the IGP's Social Prosperity Network, will be part of a panel discussing the role of public services in relation to a basic income. If you're going to BIEN 2018 in Finland you can catch this session on August 24th at 2pm. Others on this panel: Elina Lepomäki, “The Life Account: A … Continue reading Basic Income and Basic Services — Complement or Substitute?
The Corbyn Project – New Left Review
McDonnell has been supportive of the call for ‘universal basic services’, as opposed to universal basic income
Three Big Economic Ideas for Revolutionizing Our Social Safety Nets
Decentralized decision makers could accurately pinpoint exactly how to provide security to local people.
