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Petition Prominently debate BASIC INCOME Early Day Motion 974 (Session: 2015-16).

Caroline Lucas created BASIC INCOME EDM 974. Jonathan Reynolds similarly supports basic income. John McDonnell said Labour are considering basic income. Basic income trials are set to take place in Canada, Finland, and Holland. The time is ripe for UK Parliament to debate EDM 974 BASIC INCOME.

More details http://www.parliament.uk/edm/2015-16/974 http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/welfare/2016/02/how-i-learnt-stop-worrying-and-love-basic-income http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/universal-basic-income-policy-under-consideration-by-uk-labour-party-shadow-chancellor-john-a6878856.html http://www.reuters.com/article/us-finland-basicincome-idUSKCN0WW1RB http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/26/dutch-city-utrecht-basic-income-uk-greens

Early day motion 974 - BASIC INCOME

That this House notes the growing crisis of low pay and precarity in a labour market increasingly characterised by casualised forms of employment that offer...

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