Basic Income UK co-ordinator Barb Jacobson and author and sociologist Francine Mestrum go head to head.
During my adult life I have been a student, feminist, welfare claimant, waitress, journalist, community organiser, mother – all of them with little income or none. An unconditional basic income would make my life easier even if it came at the cost of my current job – as an independent housing and benefits adviser.
I have been fighting welfare and housing cuts in London since 1981. I am tired of losing.
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