Countdown is on to the 2024 BIEN Congress, taking place in Bath this summer Head over to the site, scan the QR and get involved #BIENBATH zurl.co/zyUK

WOW amazing news! The G20 finance ministers have finally agreed to work on effectively taxing the billionaire class. Still a long way to go, but this an important milestone. Congrats Gabriel Zucman, who's done more than anyone to make this happen.

As Scott Santens highlights, simple averages hide much useful information and understanding. Apparent in other European studies, complementary policies and support eg free/affordable childcare, job search help & careers guidance, lead to economic, societal & wellbeing benefits.

Fascinating to listen to Nobel Prize winner Professor James Meade make the case for #basicincome - primarily because he saw that Keynesian (demand-led) economics would be undermined by growing inequality. Citizen Network Research Basic Income Research Group Citizen Network youtube.com/watch?v=Gxa2qu…

☝️ Future Gen Cymru Basic Income Earth Basic Income Network Scotland Basic Income Research Group Basic Income UK Jane Dodds AS/MS 🔶🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Beth Winter Plaid Werdd Cymru | Wales Green Party Anthony Slaughter Mark Hooper Huw Marshall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Tegid Roberts The Autonomy Institute Compass Will Stronge Cleo

UBI restores some of capitalism’s forgotten promise: the freedom to cash in economic progress for more time. Just as Keynes wrote nearly 100 years ago that technological productivity would bring us shorter workweeks. "As noted in David Graeber’s BS Jobs...paid work, even (or

What does the future of #BasicIncome in the UK look like? Get yourself down to Bath and have your say this August 31st, to help define what social security fit for this century really looks like zurl.co/TeSj

Join us in Bath for this free and participatory day of conversation on the challenges progressives face to overhaul Britain’s broken social security system The aim is to bring progressives together from across civil and political society actionnetwork.org/events/let-us-…

I would next like to thank a union member for a 4-day week and universal basic income.

NEW: Data from @MayorCantrell & The City Of New Orleans’s #GuaranteedIncome pilot shows higher employment rates, improved financial well-being, and better housing security. The program focused on “opportunity youth” aged 16-24 in Orleans Parish. Read the report here: guaranteedincomeworks.org/data-from-new-…

Join us for our 6th Annual Basic Income Week of Action! Host an event in your community or attend one near you. Learn more at USBasicIncomeWeek.org

Having a lovely time speaking about #UBI at the University of Salford!

Good news. The full 'new' state pension is to rise £460 a year next year due to the triple lock. That is a real rise of about £200 above inflation. Yet there are 2 things I'd point out in the context of the debate about the winter fuel payment. 1. That starts next April. This

Founder of the Denver Basic Income Project Mark Donovan is discussing the results of the Basic Income project at a Housing First event in Manchester and is explaining why Andy Burnham should start a pilot very soon

Naysayers love to claim that universal basic income will promote laziness, but many of the pilot experiments around the US are showing *increased* employment compared to the control groups.

A big thank you to all those organisations who have supported Fearless Cities: South Yorkshire. 1-3 November 300-400 people working together to explore different aspects of community power. fearlesscitiessy.org Fearless Cities: South Yorkshire Citizen Network Opus Independents The Tribune

Call on Andy Burnham to follow through on his promise in his last election manifesto of a Basic Income pilot for Greater Manchester Sign here! ✍⬇ #basicincomeMCR actionnetwork.org/petitions/basi…

The Basic Income Movement hosted a briefing on basic income and regrowth to MPs in Westminster last week. It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!