How universal basic income's impact on people's finances could transform the nation's health
- Written by Matthew T. Johnson, Professor of Public Policy, Northumbria University, Newcastle
Grusho Anna/ShutterstockIn October 1936, 200 men marched from South Tyneside to London to protest against the poverty and unemployment in their town, Jarrow.
Nearly a century later, Jarrow is taking part in a small pilot scheme to test how universal basic income (UBI) could tackle financial insecurity and health inequalities – which continue...
