I'm attending the next Basic Income Conversation seminar.
Some of the most common criticisms of a basic income are that it is too expensive and that it’s not possible to win the public and political support for the policy. So Basic Income Conversation and our partners set out to verify that. The research presented at this event shows that an affordable basic income can have a dramatic impact on poverty and that a basic income is a vote winner, specifically in crucial swing seats. We can reverse the increases in inequality of the last 40 years, win seats for a government to implement it, and it's a fiscally neutral scheme - that means no net cost for
The first report, now published by Basic Income Conversation and Compass, presents a fiscally-neutral model of basic income. It cuts child poverty to an historic low, below the low point achieved in the late 1970s.
The second report examines public perception of basic income within the crucial ‘red wall’ seats lost by Labour to the Conservatives in the 2019 General Election. It finds a high level of support for basic income even from voters with conservative social values. The report presents the framings of basic income that elicit these high levels of support. Armed with models of basic income that reverse the poverty and inequality rises of the last 45 years and methods of effectively communicating the potential impact of a basic income to voters we can win the vote for a basic income.
We'll be joined by three fantastic speakers. Professor Matthew Johnson is a Professor in the department of Politics at Northumbria University. Stewart Lansley, economist and financial journalist is a visiting fellow at the School of Policy Studies, University of Bristol. Will Stronge is the director of Autonomy, currently running a pilot of a shorter work week.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Click here for details and to RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/basic-income-conversation-basic-income-as-a-vote-winner?source=email&
Thanks!
This is copied and pasted as they word it all so much better than I can :) Please if you know anyone who would be interested in learning more, especially if they are cynical about how it works then please invite them along.