As more UK mayors consider supporting UBI, we should look at the evidence from US Mayors for a Guaranteed Income.

“Getting this done will help people pay the bills, put food on the table, and afford essentials' Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Report: static1.squarespace.com/static/60ae8e3…

📢'They call it a cost of living crisis.

But it's actually an inequality crisis.

It's time for Universal Basic Income.'

(Find out more at ubibath.ac.uk and basicincome.org).

#basicincome #UBI #costofliving #UKelection

We're excited to announce a new panelist for our online event on 8th May, focusing on UBI and unions.

Balraj Samrai- Manchester’s Swing Ting party and record label founding member, musician, facilitator and youth worker.

Sign up link here- actionnetwork.org/events/ubi-lab…

Please share!

Should people get money for nothing?
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Mayor Andy Burnham has released his manifesto for the GM mayoral election.

We love this part:

'we believe the logical next step, after the success of our Housing First pilot is to bring forward a Basic Income pilot'.

Manifesto: andyformayor.co.uk/manifesto/

The last UBI Hypotheses session was truly insightful, where Vibhor Mathur 
Vibhor Mathur discussed the politics of UBI and his methodology in UBI pilots.

You can listen to it here or on many other podcast platforms, just search for the UBILabNetwork! 

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What can UBI do for unions and what are the key questions around UBI for trade union members that need answering?

Join us online on May 8th for this fascinating discussion!

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A new report from BI4Farmers and @autonomy_uk says that Britain's farmers and food producers should receive a regular and unconditional payment every month to help offset soaring costs and a fall in living standards.

nowthenmagazine.com/articles/shoul…

British farmers demand universal basic income to prevent bankruptcy in wake of Brexit bigissue.com/news/employmen…

Fresh results from another guaranteed basic income pilot. This time from Seattle's King County where 102 people got $500/mo for 10 months.

Employment nearly doubled from 37% to 66%

Average income from jobs went up by $410/mo

Retirement plans nearly tripled

Percent with any…

🚨 | NEWS:

The Welsh #BasicIncome pilot has been nominated for the Innovation in Politics Award.

Pob lwc Welsh Government

#UBIWales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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It’s time for bold new experiments to tackle poor health, including a Basic Income, writes Sheffield GP Jack Czauderna.
nowthenmagazine.com/articles/its-t…

British farmers want basic income to cope with post-Brexit struggles theguardian.com/environment/20…

'Farming in the UK is a broken model: something needs to change'

Cleo on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, discussing our research exploring a #basicincome for farmers 🚜

Read the full report 👇

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We are very excited to announce our next big event on UBI and unions!

Panel:
John McDonnell MP
Vicky Blake/Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social- Leeds Uni UCU
Jonathan Rhys Williams/Jonathan Rhys Williams- Lawyer GMB, Co-founder of UBI Lab Wales.
Plus others

Union member or not, please join! ubilabnetwork.org/events/ubi-lab…

If nothing more can be done to rescue these jobs, pay these hardworking men and women a #BasicIncome .

Destitution should not be an option when there’s a simple solution staring everyone in the face!

#UBIWales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
#SayNoToThatcherTwoPointO

theguardian.com/business/2024/…

We and the rest of the UBI Lab Network are adding content on UBI and related topics to our new podcast channel 'UBI Lab Network', which can be reached on Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Pocket Casts, Spotify, and more.

Let us know your thoughts!

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Results are out for the guaranteed basic income pilot in Paterson, New Jersey where 110 people got $400/mo for a year.

Pilot participants increased their incomes significantly to $24,810 from an average of $16,604. The control group ended up at $19k.

While the control group's…

Co-chair of the Lab, Dave Beck (That Sociologist - Dr Dave Beck) will be speaking about food poverty and UBI as a solution to it at the Pint of Science festival in South Manchester, 15th May.

Click here to get festival news in Manchester and the rest of the world- pintofscience.co.uk/events/manches…

Want to join the Network, connect with others, attend events and work on projects to help make #BasicIncome a reality? ✊

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