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Bartley, Jonathan; Lucas, Caroline
It's Basic Income, 03/2018Book Chapter
These are worrying times for those of us who believe in a welfare state that supports people from the cradle to the grave. In the past seven years, under the cover of a global financial crisis, the British government has accelerated the scaling back of the state, a process that began in the early 1980s, and has gradually chipped away at social security provision. Housing benefit has been slashed, child benefit is no longer universal and many of the services that people rely on in their communities – from libraries to children’s centres – have been sacrificed at the altar of austerity.
