>Subject: FT Press Article >Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 14:25:06 +0100 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Status: > >*********Apologies for cross-posting********** > >Dear All, > >The arrival of a Basic Income in the UK and the profile of our recent >report, Stumbling Towards a Basic Income, were both advanced today by >Samuel Brittan's fulsome review in the Financial Times. > >Sir Samuel recognises that the current path of welfare reform leads >naturally to some form of Basic Income. Writing of the problems >inherent to the Working Families Tax Credit, he continues: > >'The best way of avoiding these snags might then be to go the whole hog >to an unconditional Basic Income, which would not by then be all that >much more expensive.' > >To see his comments in full, please click on: > >http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT37O19BZBC&liv >e=true > > >Citizen's Income is an educational charity concerned with welfare >reform. Contact details for further information and to obtain a copy of the > >report at: > >http://www.citizensincome.org > >or email: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >All the best > >Duncan. > >Duncan Burbidge >Communications Manager >_____________________________________________________________ >Citizen's Income Study Centre >St Philips Building >London School of Economics and Political Science >Sheffield Street >LONDON WC2A 2EX > >Tel: ++44 (0) 20 79 55 74 53 >Fax: ++44 (0) 20 79 55 75 34 http://www.citizensincome.org >________________________________________________________________________ >
