It made it’s way into the Green Party 2017 manifesto and It has recently become the focus of attention from both right and left-wing politicians and activists, triggered by the increased use of digital technologies and the projected loss of jobs, particularly white-collar jobs. It is also coupled with the growth of economic insecurity throughout the world, with an increase in precarious work, which is not just about lack of control over work and pay but includes a lack of protection against dismissal and unfair working practices.



What is Universal Basic Income

How can UBI be paid for?

Will UBI further dismantling of the Welfare State?

Will it mean an upturn of power relationship between employer and employee?

Will we all have ‘meaningfull’ lives doing what we want?



Come along and hear Dr. Jane Lethbridge, director of Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) at the Business Faculty at University of Greenwich give her take on Universal Basic Income.