175 MPs and Peers sign Letter in support of Emergency Universal Basic Income

 The cross-party group of ( British) MPs and Peers argue that the economy is much different from 2008. They say “The app-based driver is not paid when there is no work. Nor is the zero-hours warehouse worker, the children’s entertainer or the agency-supplied care worker. Many people do not have employers incentivised by the Government to keep paying them.”

Whilst UBI does not currently receive widespread political backing, the idea of it as an emergency measure as a way to deal with the financial fallout of the Coronavirus outbreak has support from across the political divide.

Read British MP Alex Stobel's Letter supporting a Basic Income

“This unprecedented challenge needs an unprecedented response. We must give everyone the basic financial support they need to provide the necessities of everyday life through this crisis. We must build a non-partisan, pragmatic coalition for a measure that will do just that.”

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