@basicincome_uk

Not-for-profit promoting unconditional basic income in the UK. Everyone deserves the means to live. RTs/likes ≠ endorsement. #basicincome #whatwouldyoudo

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ICYMI: Last week's excellent "Basic Income: Backbone for The Arts" is available to watch again on our YouTube Channel - youtu.be/JJWlpJHkXVA #BasicIncome #BasicIncomeArts

Basic Income UK: Backbone for The Arts

The arts are an essential part of our lives, yet we don't support t...

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Basic Income Earth@BasicIncomeOrg9h
BIEN Piloters Network. Join us for the first seminar: Life Cycle of a Basic Income Pilot: Lessons from Design to Final Report! How do you design, implement, and evaluate a basic income pilot? Register now and find more information here: zurl.co/ThA9a
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Tax Justice UK@TaxJusticeUKOct 26
What difference would a Wealth Tax make? Well, according to the latest modelling from @IPPR, it could fund  👨‍⚕️130,000 more care workers 🏡 Build 90,000 new council houses + 21,000 specialist supported homes for older or disabled people Oh, AND... 🧵 1/2 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/w…

Chancellor told wealth tax could fund extra 130,000 care workers

EXCLUSIVE: As Chancellor John Healey gears up to deliver his maiden Budget, new analysis highlights how the cash could be spent on struggling public services that buckled under the weight of austerity

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Basic Income Earth@BasicIncomeOrg3h
Basic income is about more than money. It’s about the power to say no. Karl Widerquist argues that freedom means having real control over whether to cooperate with others, rather than being forced into cooperation by economic necessity.
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Cat Hobbs@CatHobbsOct 26
📢Deadline to respond to the @UKHouseofLords inquiry into children's social care is 23.59 tonight - link below 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Wales is phasing out profits 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Scotland capping profits on homes, removing profits from foster care England should follow their example weownit.org.uk/news/nearly-8…

Nearly 80% of those with a view say government should cap or end profits in children’s social care

New polling shows that nearly 80% of those with a view say government should cap or end profits in children’s social care.

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BIUK Trade Unions@BIUKTradeUnionsOct 23
“Others”, Matt? You mean low-paid workers, disabled people, carers, pensioners and children? Millions receiving benefits already work. Britain needs decent jobs, a Living Wage, strong unions and UBI, not another attempt to turn workers against people in poverty.
Matt Vickers MP
@Matt_VickersMPOct 22
🚨 Britain's benefits bill is ballooning out of control. Every meeting of Labour MP’s is about “…who can we tax more to give more benefits to others” Labour are sacrificing our national security in order to maintain this completely unsustainable welfare system. We need to get Britain working again.
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Basic Income Earth@BasicIncomeOrgOct 26
What changes when we stop judging people in poverty and trust them with cash? Alameda’s Rise Up pilot gave 150 low-income households $1,000 month for two years, unconditionally. They reported better mental health, greater savings and less reliance on debt. zurl.co/MVw2e
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#UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #RaiseTheWage #TrueLiveableWage #Fight4AUnion #Unions #TaxTheRich #WealthTax #UBI4ALL #TaxAI #MakeAIBenefitAll #HealthcareForAll #UniversalHealthCare #HousingForAll #EndPoverty #FairEconomy
Basic Income UK@basicincome_ukOct 25
Introduce a Universal Basic Income. xitter.cf/basicincome_uk/status/…
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Basic Income UK@basicincome_ukOct 25
Exactly, Callum. You can't budget your way out of inadequate wages and unaffordable essentials. People have already cut back. UBI provides the income floor; UBS reduces living costs. Add a Living Wage and strong unions. Life should be more than survival.
Callum Lyon
@CallumLyonOct 25
People are cancelling subscriptions, buying cheaper food, avoiding nights out and putting off holidays because everything costs too much. They're switching supermarkets, comparing energy tariffs and cutting back on little things that used to make life enjoyable. And yet, millions of people are still struggling to make their wages last until payday. You can only cut back so much when rent, bills, transport and food take up most of your income. At some point, the problem isn't how people spend their money. It's how much of their money it costs just to live.
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Basic Income UK@basicincome_ukOct 25
Water is a public necessity, not a private cash machine. We stand with @We_OwnIt. UBS secures essential services; UBI provides income security. @andyburnham: block the @thameswater bailout. Put people before profit. Sign the petition! 234 characters.
We Own It@We_OwnItOct 25
Sign the petition: weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailou… 4 DAYS TO GO! We have until Thursday 29th Oct to get Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout and bring it into public ownership
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Basic Income UK@basicincome_ukOct 25
Helen is right. You cannot promise to end homelessness and hunger while housing support falls further behind rents. Unfreeze LHA and restore its link to local rents. Then go further: UBI for income security, UBS for affordable essentials. Prevention, not crisis management.
Helen Barnard@Helen_BarnardOct 24
The government is committed to tackling homelessness and ending the need for emergency food. Neither is plausible while LHA stays frozen. The freeze is driving people out of their homes & to the doors of foodbanks. I know the Chancellor and PM understand. They need to act.
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‘UK bosses are now paid around 130 times the average worker’s salary’ At Disabled Members’ Conference, UNISON president @JamesAnthonyRN calls on the government to show up for public services with greater investment, fair pay and by bringing back services in-house. #WeShowUp
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Stephanie Kelton
@StephanieKeltonOct 25
A more honest and effective way to begin an answer to the “pay for” question.
Larry Sanders@Sanders4HealthOct 24
Money is created when government spends. Money is not the problem. The question is what we do with money and for whose benefit. Let's start with renewable energy, insulated homes, rent controls and council houses? Their economics has delivered poverty and billionaires. Enough!
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Introduce a Universal Basic Income. xitter.cf/basicincome_uk/status/…
Farrukh
@implausibleblogOct 23
The Trussell Trust’s latest report makes for grim reading: • 9 million people are projected to experience severe hardship in 2026/27 • 3 million of them are children • That’s around 1 in 7 people in the UK What should Labour do in the Budget to make sure people can afford the essentials?
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Exactly. Financial insecurity isn't just an economic problem; it's a mental health issue. Basic income trials found improvements in wellbeing and reduced stress. UBI provides income security; UBS tackles essential costs. Prevention matters as much as treatment.
Burlington Throat Factory 🍉🏳️‍🌈@jennmintOct 24
A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.
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Saul Staniforth@SaulStaniforthOct 25
.@Neal_Compass: "I couldn't live on the meagre benefits people are getting. To suggest that we have to cut those.. actually that's where the engine of growth is, that's the people who spend.. how do you get people out spending.. not by cutting benefits of people at the bottom"
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Jeremy, 'never' is doing a lot of work. In recessions, spending protects jobs and incomes. Investment in health, housing and infrastructure can drive growth itself. The OBR recognises this. Economic policy needs evidence, not arbitrary spending ceilings.
Sir Jeremy Hunt MP
@Jeremy_HuntOct 24
Governments should never increase public spending by faster than the growth rate of the economy. Tune into today’s @DailyTPodcast where we discuss the upcoming budget with @CamillaTominey @timothy_stanley
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And here's the contradiction: if weak growth partly reflects decades of underinvestment in housing, healthcare, infrastructure and skills, why use weak growth to justify further restraint? You can't build a stronger economy by refusing to invest in its foundations.
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Exactly, Callum. You can't budget your way out of inadequate wages and unaffordable essentials. People have already cut back. UBI provides the income floor; UBS reduces living costs. Add a Living Wage and strong unions. Life should be more than survival.
Callum Lyon
@CallumLyonOct 25
People are cancelling subscriptions, buying cheaper food, avoiding nights out and putting off holidays because everything costs too much. They're switching supermarkets, comparing energy tariffs and cutting back on little things that used to make life enjoyable. And yet, millions of people are still struggling to make their wages last until payday. You can only cut back so much when rent, bills, transport and food take up most of your income. At some point, the problem isn't how people spend their money. It's how much of their money it costs just to live.
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Scott Santens
@scottsantensOct 24
PRESS RELEASE: From a Nobel Laureate to AI Founders, Global Support Grows for Sharing AI's Gains Through Universal Basic Income Via @ITSAfoundation, the pledge includes @AndrewYang, Nobel economist Vernon Smith, and Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz. prnewswire.com/news-releases…

From a Nobel Laureate to AI Founders, Global Support Grows for Sharing AI's Gains Through Universal...

/PRNewswire/ -- The AI Pledge for Humanity, a public commitment to turn AI's gains into a shared AI dividend, an unconditional income floor for everyone, has...

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Water is a public necessity, not a private cash machine. We stand with @We_OwnIt. UBS secures essential services; UBI provides income security. @andyburnham: block the @thameswater bailout. Put people before profit. Sign the petition! 234 characters.
We Own It@We_OwnItOct 25
Sign the petition: weownit.org.uk/StopTheBailou… 4 DAYS TO GO! We have until Thursday 29th Oct to get Andy Burnham to block the Thames Water bailout and bring it into public ownership
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