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Sustainability Research Institute event

Rethinking public services for a sustainable future

  • Date: Wednesday 28 November 2018, 16:00 – 17:15
  • Location: Roger Stevens LT 16 (12.16)
  • Type: Sustainability Research Institute, Seminars, Earth and Environment
  • Cost: Free
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Sustainability Research Institute seminar. Speaker Anna Coote, Principal Fellow, New Economics Foundation.

Abstract

This session explores the case for ‘universal basic services’ (UBS) as a radical, realisable and cost-effective alternative to proposals for ‘universal basic income’ (UBI).  It considers why collectively provided (or ‘public’) services matter; what range of services people need; and how they can best be designed, delivered and funded to make a positive contribution to health and wellbeing, to reducing socio-economic inequalities and to building a sustainable welfare system.  It concludes that UBS and UBI are not natural policy companions because they diverge in ideological, political and practical ways.