A lecture, a new report, news, and book reviews

On the 23rd October Stewart Lansley will be speaking at the University of Birmingham on the topic 'Basic Income for All: the key to a progressive future or a dead end?' 

Stewart is the co-author (with Howard Reed) of the 2019 Compass report: Basic income for all:  from desirability to feasibility and co-editor (with Amy Downes) of It’s Basic Income: The Global Debate, Policy Press, 2018. His other recent books include A Sharing Economy, Policy Press, 2016, and Breadline Britain, The Rise of Mass Poverty, Oneworld, 2015 (with Joanna Mack ). 

The event is free to attend, but registration is required.

News

• New research on Universal Credit and relationship dissolution
• Paul Spicker's blog posts about Universal Credit 
• An article about new EU rules about precarious employment

Book reviews

• Conen and Schippers (eds), Self-employment as Precarious Work
• Cholbi and Weber (eds), The Future of Work, Technology, and Basic Income
• Midgley, Surender and Alfers (eds), Handbook of Social Policy and Development
• Lynne Pettinger, What's Wrong with Work?

The Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath has published a new report,  Basic Income, Automation, and Labour Market Change, by Luke Martinelli

The research questions tackled by the research project are these:

1. Is basic income a feasible solution to forthcoming dynamics of labour market change?
2. How do automation and associated labour market risks affect public opinions towards basic income, and the potential for constituencies of support to coalesce around the idea?
3. Is basic income affordable, and how do its distributional implications compare with pre-existing 

The Citizen's Basic Income Trust's introductory booklet is available to download for reading on screen or printing. The booklet is designed for both individual and group use.

The poster has on one side a shortened version of the introductory booklet, and on the other a history of social security benefits in the UK.

Printed copies of both the introductory booklet and the poster are available. Please write to enquire.