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Stay, eat and drink! Britain experiments with the welfare scheme where you are paid 1,600 pounds for doing nothing

2023-06-05 13:45:10Lifestyle SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Stay, eat and drink! Britain experiments with the welfare scheme where you are
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British researchers from the "Autonomy" organization have undertaken to carry out a test with income received in the form of assistance from social services in Great Britain, from which 30 people will benefit.

This group of individuals will be paid $1,600 a month in what will be England's first attempt to create a universal income scheme.

The money will be awarded to 15 participants in Jarrow, south Tyneside and 15 individuals from East Finchley, an area in north London.

Over a period of two years, this group of people will receive the monthly amount without any conditions, while the researchers will monitor what effects the cash has on their lives.

Will Strong, director of research who runs the scheme, said the $1,600 figure was a significant amount of money when you consider it will be paid without a requirement to work or demonstrate a willingness to work.

" Universal basic income usually covers people's basic needs, but we want to see what effect this unconditional amount has on people's mental and physical health, whether they choose to work or not. Our society will require some form of basic income in the coming years, given the upheavals of climate change, technological disruption and industrial transition ahead ," he told The Guardian.

"This is why building the evidence base and public engagement is now so important, so the ground is well prepared for national implementation," added the expert.

As for the project, it is expected to cost the budget more than £1.6 million and in addition to the 30 beneficiaries, the project will also monitor the experiences of a control group, who will not be paid.

Similar studies are already underway in the US, while last summer the Welsh government launched a trial paying $1,600 a month to more than 500 young adults.

Cleo Goodman, co-founder of Basic Income Conversation, said: “ We hope this plan will result in the first basic income pilots in England. No one should ever have to face poverty, choosing between heating and eating, in one of the richest countries in the world. "


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