Newbury Town Council supports study into Universal Basic Income
Support for ‘game changer‘ scheme for people struggling below poverty line
Jonathan Ashby
NEWBURY Town Council has approved a motion supporting a study into Universal Basic Income (UBI).
In a full council meeting on Monday, February 1, councillor Steve Masters (Green, Speenhamland) put forward a motion requesting that the town council “supports, in principle, a UBI and calls on our MP Laura Farris and the Government to provide funds to establish a study scheme in Newbury”.
The motion will not see any council funds spent – instead it expresses the council’s support for the initiative, encourages members and local stakeholders to explore how a UBI trial could be established in Newbury and calls on the Government for funding for trials to test how the initiative could support people across the country.