Very interesting development for the #BasicIncome movement in the UK. Rory Stewart is taking over as director of GiveDirectly💸. This should raise the policy’s profile and increase support for it. The Rest Is Politics podcast on #UBI incoming… 👀

"It’s amazing, the transformation to people’s lives, with quite a small amount of financial assistance." Rory Stewart, who is the new CEO of GiveDirectly💸, making the case for direct cash transfers as a solution to extreme poverty. #LetsTryUBI theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

Poverty is a lack of cash. — Rutger Bregman

🚨 | Pilot update: The Welsh Government have released their impact assessment of the #BasicIncome pilot. We’ll provide an overview of the report in the next few days. You can read it👇 #UBIWales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 gov.wales/basic-income-p…

Existence without poverty should be a Basic Human Right, just like health, education, clean water and shelter. These are enshrined in the United Nations. The world is facing a point of change, I want to be part of one with positive policies like Universal Basic Income, don't you?

HUGE congratulations to 2wish 🥳 on winning the inaugural Petition of the Year Award!! Congratulation to our fellow nominees 👏 Finally, congrats to Jack Sargeant MS and the Petitions Committee for founding the awards. They’re a great advert for Wales. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Choose life.

Fantastic news. Hopefully a sign of things to come from trade unions across the globe.

Newly published report from IPR on the case for #UBI in an era of declining labour shares. bath.ac.uk/publications/t…

.Teen Vogue 🤝 #BasicIncome bit.ly/3B0leFr

Basic income: Freedom, Security and Labour's route back to Power 📅 25/09 8pm Tickets here: bit.ly/TWT22Tickets

#TaxTheRich instead of tax breaks for the rich. Putting money in the pockets of the 99% would stimulate the economy. Trickledown economics doesn’t work. Fact. #BasicIncomeNow

💥 NEW REPORT: Basic income could be the key to Labour’s success in regaining its former heartlands at the next election, with three quarters of ‘red wall’ voters supporting the policy. Backed by @MayorJD and Andy Burnham, the time for UBI has come. 👉bit.ly/3fYZQJK👈

Exciting report from Compass. #BasicIncome is popular among voters. 48% of Brits are for the idea and only 28% are against. It’s time The Labour Party backed the policy. #OurGenerationsNHS

EVENT | 🚨: Just 1 day to go before Bristol Ideas’ event. Jonathan Rhys Williams 🍉 will join IPR to explore the Welsh #BasicIncome pilot and many others across the world. Join him and the amazing panel tomorrow at 10:00. #OurGenerationsNHS bristolideas.co.uk/attend/back-to…

From all of us at the Lab, our thoughts are with Eluned Morgan during this difficult time. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿