We're still petitioning @BhamCityCouncil to back a UBI pilot in the city.
The world is going to be very different once this is all over. Birmingham should be at the forefront of the #BuildBackBetter movement.
Please sign and then Retweet 🔁. https://t.co/jfu69S3brD
Today we sent @RishiSunak a letter signed by 285 politicians, campaigners and academics calling for a Universal Basic Income to protect UK households from future crises.
📰 In today's Mirror: https://t.co/YJSJ1ArALM
✍️ Add your name: https://t.co/BWc8nvOh3y
#OurGenerationsNHS
🗓️ Tonight! 🗓️
Mayor @MichaelDTubbs asks participants from Stockton's UBI pilot: what's it really like to get a Basic Income?
🕖 7pm BST
📺 Zoom
👋 Free, all welcome
Register 👉 https://t.co/thSYitxx4Q
📰 The Guardian report on our election campaign calling for candidates across the UK to support UBI pilots.
🙋 An incredible 55 signatories of the #PledgeForUBI have now been elected!
🗣️ Hear why @LornaSlater, @Dawn_Bowden & @DoddsJane signed the pledge.
https://t.co/EQp9wBDn56
That's 57,395 voters who put a candidate that championed basic income as their first choice for West Midlands mayor.
This is just the beginning. #OurGenerationsNHS
💥Lots of talk this week about @UKLabour needing big policy proposals to win back voters
🚀Our research with @BCU_Brexit shows #BasicIncome#UBI is popular with #redwall voters in the West Midlands and is a vote winner.
#SuperThursday
Read more 👇
https://t.co/MShurpvaeR
In this BBC article, all the candidates for West Midlands mayor are asked what they would do to help young people and entrepreneurs.
Fantastic to @JennyWLibDem mention UBI as a way of encouraging innovation, whilst still providing a level of security.
https://t.co/aAVwuBO8pf
"Implement a Universal Basic Income trial to provide young people with a guarantee of financial security and thereby the space to pursue their ambitions".
You'll often hear us say that a Universal Basic Income is our generation's NHS.
The NHS transformed the way we thought about healthcare.
A Universal Basic Income will also be transformational.
They're both expensive to implement, but the benefit certainly outweighs the cost.
"A Citizens Basic Income for the duration of any future crisis may be one way to protect those who have missed out on support." https://t.co/EDRz3py3CV
❌ The pandemic has shown that our welfare system is not fit for purpose.
📅 Today we're asking council candidates to pledge to support Basic Income trials.
🙋 UBI could be #OurGenerationsNHS.
The pledge: https://t.co/cdI04BbhRV
#CouncillorsForUBI#PledgeForUBI