Tackling Poverty: The Power of a Universal Basic Income

Howard Reed; Stewart Lansley; Matthew Johnson; Elliott Johnson; Kate E.  Pickett

Tackling Poverty: The Power of a Universal Basic Income

Howard Reed, Stewart Lansley, Matthew Johnson, Elliott Johnson, Kate E. Pickett

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Abstract

In this, the 80th anniversary of the Beveridge Report, Basic Income Conversation and Compass publish new research modelling a basic income that could reverse the poverty and inequality rises of the last 45 years.

This fiscally neutral scheme involves no additional calls on the public finances and no net increase in taxation: the cost of the extra payments would be exactly offset by the extra revenue from internal changes in tax rates and National Insurance Contributions (NICs).

The scheme has the capacity to cut child poverty to an historic low, below the low point achieved in the late 1970s. This scheme would also have a much greater pro-equality impact than the anti-poverty measures introduced by New Labour.

Tackling Poverty: the power of universal basic income examines the distributive impacts of three UBI schemes which raise the income floor to different heights. These provide a potential pathway to attainment of the Minimum Income Standard (MIS).

This research represents the most substantive attempt yet to assess the impact of a UBI scheme, and the greater income security it provides.

Original language	English
Publisher	Compass
Commissioning body	Wellcome Trust
Number of pages	47
Publication status	Published - 23 May 2022

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Are ‘red wall’ constituencies really opposed to progressive policy? Examining the impact of materialist narratives for Universal Basic Income
Johnson, M., Johnson, E. & Nettle, D., 1 Mar 2023, In: British Politics. 18, 1, p. 104–127 24 p.
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Changing circumstances and new basic premises: turning the affordability and feasibility relationship on its head: a reply to ‘The big tax hikes that make UBI “affordable” could be used to cut poverty in more targeted ways’ by Donald Hirsch
Reed, H., Johnson, M., Lansley, S., Johnson, E., Stark, G. & Pickett, K. E., 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Poverty and Social Justice. 31, 1, p. 166-168 3 p.
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4 Citations (Scopus)

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Designing a generic, adaptive protocol resource for the measurement of health impact in cash transfer pilot and feasibility studies and trials in high-income countries
Johnson, E. A., Johnson, M., Kypridemos, C., Villadsen, A. & Pickett, K. E., 23 Mar 2023, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 9, 1, p. 1-17 17 p., 51.
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2 Invited talk
1 Other

The importance of materials: a left that doesn’t redistribute, will never win
Johnson, M. (Speaker)
25 Nov 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Summary of findings
Johnson, M. (Speaker), Webster, H. (Speaker), Standing, G. (Speaker), Lister, R. (Speaker) & Mathers, A. (Speaker)
21 Oct 2022
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Assessing the prospective impacts of Universal Basic Income on anxiety and depression among 14-24-year-olds
Johnson, M. (Participant)
1 Aug 2021 → 31 Aug 2022
Activity: Other

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Tackling Poverty: The Power of a Universal Basic Income

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Research output

Are ‘red wall’ constituencies really opposed to progressive policy? Examining the impact of materialist narratives for Universal Basic Income

Changing circumstances and new basic premises: turning the affordability and feasibility relationship on its head: a reply to ‘The big tax hikes that make UBI “affordable” could be used to cut poverty in more targeted ways’ by Donald Hirsch

Designing a generic, adaptive protocol resource for the measurement of health impact in cash transfer pilot and feasibility studies and trials in high-income countries

Activities

The importance of materials: a left that doesn’t redistribute, will never win

Summary of findings

Assessing the prospective impacts of Universal Basic Income on anxiety and depression among 14-24-year-olds

Cite this