Universal Basic Income pilots

Early day motion 1092, tabled 3 November 2020 by Beth Winter (Labour). Signed by 62 members.

That this House acknowledges that the current system of social security provision in the UK is not sufficient to provide financial security nor protect public health during the covid-19 outbreak; asserts that the provision of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) would establish a targeted system with no gaps and an income floor that nobody could fall below, with the effect of reducing poverty without reducing the incentive to work; notes that local authorities and devolved Governments across the four nations of the UK have called for pilots of UBI in their communities; and calls on the Government to provide co-operation through the Treasury and the Department for Work and Pensions, in addition to financial support, to enable those pilots to take place.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 30, Labour 18, Liberal Democrat 3, DUP 2, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.