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The UBS Task Force, hosted by PRIME and supported by Network for Social Change, aims to stimulate wider interest in Universal Basic Services (UBS) as a framework for policy and practice to ensure that everyone has access to life’s essentials.  The Task Force has ten members (see below) and three strategic goals: to get UBS on the policy agenda, to build alliances and to generate new research.   Maeve Cohen has been appointed as the new Project Officer (part-time):  she is co-founder and...

The UBS Task Force, hosted by PRIME and supported by Network for Social Change, aims to stimulate wider interest in Universal Basic Services (UBS) as a framework for policy and practice to ensure that everyone has access to life’s essentials.  The Task Force has ten members (see below) and three strategic goals: to get UBS on the policy agenda, to build alliances and to generate new research.   Maeve Cohen has been appointed as the new Project Officer (part-time):  she is co-founder and...

The UBS Task Force, hosted by PRIME and supported by Network for Social Change, aims to stimulate wider interest in Universal Basic Services (UBS) as a framework for policy and practice to ensure that everyone has access to life’s essentials.  The Task Force has ten members (see below) and three strategic goals: to get UBS on the policy agenda, to build alliances and to generate new research.    Maeve Cohen has been appointed as the new Project Officer (part-time):  she is co-founder and...

This article first appeared on Substack.Last week the Biden team delivered their first press conference on the Democrat’s much-anticipated Climate Plan.The good news is that Climate Envoy, John Kerry and Advisor, Gina McCarthy are talking about the Climate Plan delivering “Good paying Union Jobs”.All hail to that ambition.The bad news is that this ain’t no Rooseveltian New Deal.Roosevelt confronted Wall St from the get go. His administration systematically drained the Street of power, and...

This article first appeared on Substack.Last week the Biden team delivered their first press conference on the Democrat’s much-anticipated Climate Plan.The good news is that Climate Envoy, John Kerry and Advisor, Gina McCarthy are talking about the Climate Plan delivering “Good paying Union Jobs”.All hail to that ambition.The bad news is that this ain’t no Rooseveltian New Deal.Roosevelt confronted Wall St from the get go. His administration systematically drained the Street of power, and...

This article first appeared on Substack. Last week the Biden team delivered their first press conference on the Democrat’s much-anticipated Climate Plan. The good news is that Climate Envoy, John Kerry and Advisor, Gina McCarthy are talking about the Climate Plan delivering “Good paying Union Jobs”. All hail to that ambition. The bad news is that this ain’t no Rooseveltian New Deal. Roosevelt confronted Wall St from the get go. His administration systematically drained the Street of power,...

As we look ahead, young people believe there is no regard for future generations who will suffer from the decisions taken today in the name of “economic growth”. In a recent interview the 18-year-old climate activist Xiye Bastida beautifully summarised why the next generation is angry:  “Companies say their role is to help the economy. They say, they don’t have the need to be socially responsible or care about biodiversity. We create jobs.” Xiye and young climate activists around the world...

As we look ahead, young people believe there is no regard for future generations who will suffer from the decisions taken today in the name of “economic growth”.In a recent interview the 18-year-old climate activist Xiye Bastida beautifully summarised why the next generation is angry: “Companies say their role is to help the economy. They say, they don’t have the need to be socially responsible or care about biodiversity. We create jobs.”Xiye and young climate activists around the world argue...

As we look ahead, young people believe there is no regard for future generations who will suffer from the decisions taken today in the name of “economic growth”.In a recent interview the 18-year-old climate activist Xiye Bastida beautifully summarised why the next generation is angry: “Companies say their role is to help the economy. They say, they don’t have the need to be socially responsible or care about biodiversity. We create jobs.”Xiye and young climate activists around the world argue...

This article was cross-posted from Labour List where it was published on the 14th January, 2021. Labour has a steep hill to climb to regain the public’s confidence that it can be trusted to manage the economy. I get that. And Labour has to recover from a catastrophic electoral defeat – a defeat that took place under the leadership of the left. So, given past failures, how does Labour rebuild confidence? The first requirement, in my view, is for Labour to listen to, and trust the public....