Universal Basic Income

Basic Income can help people take control of their own lives. 

A Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a payment made to everybody. It would give people the power of choice - to learn, to care, to start their own business. 

UBI is an old idea whose time has come. Our research explores how it would work in practice, and why it's closer than you might think. 

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Guy Standing speaking at the RSA on the case for UBI

TEDx talk by the RSA's Anthony Painter on UBI and politics.

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