Coronavirus: Over 170 MPs and Lords call for universal basic income during pandemic

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Cross-party group of parliamentarians say emergency policy needed to give financial security I'm just hoping it wouldn't be inflationary.  Over 170 MPs and peers have urged the government to introduce a universal basic income to "give everyone the financial support they need to provide for themselves and their families" during the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter to chancellor Rishi Sunak the parliamentarians say that the plan to pay every adult a flat, unconditional sum of money each week for the duration of the crisis is a "practical, not ideological" proposal.  Coronavirus: Over 170 MPs and Lords call for universal basic income during pandemic

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