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

In 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...