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UBI Lab Greater Manchester
@ubilabmanchester.bsky.social
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We want to pilot a Universal Basic Income within Greater Manchester region and create a movement for change.

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ubilabnetwork.bsky.social
We're very pleased to announce the launch of our new UBI 101 Toolkit! 🚀

It’s designed to help you feel more confident talking about #UBI, sharing the big ideas behind it, and understanding the direction we’re heading as a network.

Link to download and share 👉
www.ubilabnetwork.org/ubi-toolkit
UBI Toolkit — UBI Lab Network
www.ubilabnetwork.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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scottsantens.com
One of the reasons we need universal basic income plus higher taxes on the rich is to boost the spending power of the bottom 60% and in doing so, reorient our economy around the needs of the majority of people who comprise it. As inequality has increased, our economy has adjusted to meet rich wants.
November 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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equalrightorg.bsky.social
Big news from the Amazon 🌿

@coolearthaction.bsky.social & Equal Right are launching a groundbreaking partnership to pilot Basic Income for Peace with Nature in the Colombian Amazon.

Unconditional cash. Forest protection. Dignity for communities.
#BasicIncome #Amazon #ClimateJustice
July 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
ubilabmanchester.bsky.social
We have been busy with interviews recently! These articles show what the Lab has done over the years and highlight our Basic Income pilot proposal in GM. Note- you might have to translate the first article.

ideasforgood.jp/2025/06/23/u...

schoolofjournalism.shorthandstories.com/money-for-no...
月32万円の「ベーシックインカム」で何が変わる？ UBI Labが構想する、英マンチェスターでの社会実験 | 世界のソーシャルグッドなアイデアマガジン | IDEAS FOR GOOD
生活を揺るがす様々な「危機」に揺れる英国社会。既存の社会保障が綻びを見せる中、なぜ市民は「ベーシックインカム」を求めているのでしょうか。人々の「時間」と「信頼」を取り戻し、経済そのものを再設計する壮大な社会実験が、マンチェスターで始まろうとしています。
ideasforgood.jp
June 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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ubilabnetwork.bsky.social
Ideas like fair banking alongside #basicincome are crucial for a fairer society.

We should trial a basic income with coal miners, such as in Aberpergwm who could lose their jobs in a Just Transition.

This would be a great way to support workers in Wales!

bylines.cymru/politics-and...
March 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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ubilabnetwork.bsky.social
The Basic Income Movement hosted a briefing on basic income and regrowth to MPs in Westminster last week

It was wonderful to have the chance to speak to MPs about why #UBI is good for the economy and society. We hope that MPs continue to explore the possibilities of basic income!
March 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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ubilabnetwork.bsky.social
Coverage in the @bigissue.com 📰⬇️

We believe this is the best way for @andyburnham.bsky.social to follow through on the commitment he made in his election manifesto:

▫️ "The logical next step, after the success of our Housing First pilot, is to bring forward a #BasicIncome pilot"

#BasicIncomeMCR
Inside the new plan to give free cash to homeless people in Manchester
A new basic income has been proposed for Greater Manchester which would see people experiencing homelessness given £1,600 a month.
www.bigissue.com
February 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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ubilabnetwork.bsky.social
This morning, we launched a groundbreaking proposal for a #BasicIncome pilot for Greater #Manchester targeting homelessness

Designed in partnership with @northumbriauni.bsky.social, it would be England's first-ever trial if @andyburnham.bsky.social chooses to go ahead ✅

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Proposal launched for groundbreaking Basic Income pilot in Greater Manchester
A new pilot proposal has been launched for a groundbreaking scheme which experts say could eventually end absolute poverty in Greater Manchester, as well as...
newsroom.northumbria.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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ubilabnetwork.bsky.social
Our proposal builds on a commitment @andyburnham.bsky.social made in his most recent election manifesto to "make the case" to the government for a #BasicIncome pilot in Greater #Manchester.

Now, for the first time, he has a fully designed and costed proposal to take to Whitehall. Over to you, Andy!
A screenshot of a document with the words: "The evidence from our Housing First pilot is that, if you set people up to succeed, the vast majority will and, in turn, that saves money on crisis provision in other public services. For this reason, we believe the logical next step, after the success of our Housing First pilot, is to bring forward a Basic Income pilot, as suggested by Compass. This would fit well with our new Live Well concept and would test whether a different, more preventative way of supporting people would lead to better use of public funds. Initially, it could be focused on reducing child poverty or young people who have experienced being in care. GM would be unable to bring this pilot forward on our own but will make the case for hosting one to the next Government."
February 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM