A group of residents from Hull campaigning to see the implementation of a UBI Pilot in Hull. Part of the @UBILabNetwork #LetsTryUBI. DMs open!
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Group founders Cllrs Haines and Drake-Davis have called on Hull residents to get involved with their push for a UBI pilot scheme.
Cllr Haines said: "This group hopes to build a movement across all political parties and with residents...β
hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hulβ¦
UBI Lab Hull retweeted
The letter comes as new polling from @theRSAorg reveals that:
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46% of UK adults support a pilot in their community
β Just 16% are opposed
Read their report π thersa.org/reports/ubi-briefβ¦
ALT A photo of a motorway in Newcastle with the UBI Lab Network logo superimposed on top.
UBI Lab Hull retweeted
The letter has been sent by the Cross-Party Parliamentary & Local Government Group (CPPLG) on UBI β a new project from UBI Lab Network and @CompassOffice.
π Read the full list of signatories: ubilabnetwork.org/letter-to-β¦
βοΈ Add your name: ubilabnetwork.org/letter-to-β¦
#OurGenerationsNHS
UBI Lab Hull retweeted
Signatories include @EdwardJDavey, @CarolineLucas, @JohnMcDonnellMP, @IanBlackford_MP, @AdamPrice, @SianBerry, @Jon_Bartley, @LaylaMoran, @HackneyAbbott, @AMCarwyn, @RLong_Bailey, @LabourLewis, @ColumEastwood, @Naomi_Long, @ZarahSultana, @JackSargeantAM, @TimFarron & @LeanneWood.
ALT A graphic with the text "I wrote to Rishi Sunak calling on him to back Basic Income trials" superimposed over an image of Sheffield. In the corner it says "Co-sign the letter now" and includes the logos for the UBI Lab Network and the Basic Income Conversation.
If you support attempts to bring a UBI trial to Hull then you too can sign the letter to Rishi Sunak.
ubilabnetwork.org/letter-to-β¦
The letter comes as new polling from @theRSAorg reveals that:
β
46% of UK adults support a pilot in their community
β Just 16% are opposed
Read their report π thersa.org/reports/ubi-briefβ¦
ALT A photo of a motorway in Newcastle with the UBI Lab Network logo superimposed on top.
The UBI Lab team here in Hull are proud to support this letter.
You too can show your support to bring a UBI trial to Hull by clicking on the link and adding your name to the list.
This morning 520 elected representatives from every part of the UK have sent a letter to Chancellor @RishiSunak calling on him to support pilots of Universal Basic Income.
π° In today's Guardian: theguardian.com/society/2020β¦
βοΈ Add your name: ubilabnetwork.org/letter-to-β¦
#LetsTryUBI
ALT An image of a letter to Chancellor Rishi Sunak from 520 elected representatives across the UK, calling on him to support pilots of Universal Basic Income.
You don't have to *imagine* a UBI for every person in Hull, allocated monthly to your own prepaid card and which can only be spent in local stores (to boost the local economy).
It's happening right now in a province in South Korea π
"To stimulate its pandemic-hit economy, a province in South Korea has been experimenting with universal basic income programs by regularly giving out cash, no questions asked. Now, some politicians want to go national with the concept.β @WSJ on.wsj.com/3datgPV
"One of the things that was most striking is that most people who received the cash knew immediately what they wanted to do with that money, and that just flies in the face of stereotypes,"
cnn.com/2020/10/09/americas/β¦
UBI Lab Hull retweeted
Did you see @YanisVaroufakis calling for a #BasicIncome on @BBCQuestionTime last night? π
"Imagine if the @BankOfEngland, instead of passing the money on to the commercial banks, were to put it in the bank accounts of every citizen in the United Kingdom?"
#OurGenerationsNHS
ALT A photo of Yanis Varoufakis appearing on BBC One's Question Time, but with the UBI Lab logo on top.
"Just giving homeless people in Hull money won't help"
We beg to differ π
#BasicIncome works:
- 70% food secure after 1 month
- Spending on alcohol, cigarettes, drugs down 39%
- Gave people new beginnings, towards new life goals
- Saved the shelter system $8,100/person
THANK YOU @believeinsomeon @beewatz! #cdnpoli #canpoli
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This is why we are here
This man isnβt just homeless. He has had a life full of history. His circumstances lead to this sad reality. The government said that we are all 2 pay checks away from being homeless.
Letβs spread awareness together leading up to #WorldHomelessDay2020
UBI Lab Hull retweeted
A 120 metre long mural has been painted by artists and members of the community around Gipsyville in Hull. Itβs an @AbsCultured project and the mural is on a building at the bottom of Devon Street, Dorset Street and Essex Street. Great work @andytpea1 @CalvinInnes & Klonism
The @UBILabNetwork is looking for locally and nationally known "celebrities" in each lab city/area to get behind the UBI movement.
So we're calling out to Hull's famous names and faces. Will you back us and show your support for UBI?
Hereβs a start Burnsy - introduce and Emergency Universal Basic Income!
How do we get the economy going ?
Tax? Public borrowing? Public spending? Do we have as punters to give it the Viv Nicholson and "spend, spend, spend? "
An economist from @UniOfHull will kick-off the chat on Thursday's Burnsy Show @RadioHumberside at 10.
Join in.
βAfter WW2 we had our amazing NHS created.
Now after this crisis we want something to promote our Welfare State and a #UBI is exactly the idea we wantβ - @jackhaines98 on @RadioHumberside #Hull
Pleased to be appearing on the @andycomfort show around 5.40pm today. UBI, the new NHS?
We need a Universal Basic Income now more than ever to put people first in the face of sharp economic free fall.
UBI Lab Hull retweeted
If you're in Hull and interested in UBI, please give @UBILabNetwork a follow.
βA #UniversalBasicIncome would provide security to all those that need it and ensure workers and employers have greater flexibility in these precarious times.β
@jon_bartley reacts to today's #FurloughScheme news.
greenparty.org.uk/news/2020/β¦
UBI Lab Hull retweeted
UBI now seen as mainstream thinking. Let's make Hull a trial city to show it works for everyone.
Our recent survey indicates that public policy and economic ideas such as Universal Basic Income (UBI), previously seen as radical, even utopian by some, have become mainstream thinking during the #COVID19 crisis. More at >> bit.ly/2YOO9eh