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An unequal society is an unhealthy society

Life expectancy is falling for the first time in over a century, driven by growing social inequality and a decade of ideological Conservative austerity. Sir Michael Marmot, the director of University College London’s Health Equity Institute, specifically cited government policy as a driver of worsening health and shorter lives for people in the UK. “England […]

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Universal Basic Income – ‘playing the game for smaller stakes’

In the late 1980s our union first published proposals for a citizen’s income – what we would now call universal basic income. This was long before the idea became fashionable. Our proposal was simple – we would give an income of two thirds the average GDP per person to everyone, so long as they contributed […]