The Case for Universal Basic Services. Anna Coote

      

CONTENTS

      1  Cover

      2  Front Matter

      3  Introduction Notes

      4  1 Why We Need This Change Notes

      5  2 How Would It Work in Practice? Responsibility Power and devolution Ownership Funding arrangements Degrees of participation Conditionality Entitlements The role of the state Common features Notes

      6  3 The Benefits of UBS Equality Efficiency Solidarity Sustainability Considering UBS alongside cash payments Notes

      7  4 Rolling Out UBS: Meeting Needs for Care Child care Adult social care Notes

      8  5 Rolling Out UBS: Housing, Transport, Information Housing Transport Reaching further with UBS: a note about food Notes

      9  6 Challenges and Responses Power and competence of government Decision making Profiteering by big corporations Meeting resistance How much would it cost and is it affordable? Notes

      10  Conclusions Notes

      11  Index

      12  End User License Agreement

       List of Figures

      1 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 UK: Indirect taxes and benefits-in-kind as a proportion of disposable income by …

      2 Chapter 6Figure 6.1 Proposed spending on UBS as percentage of GDPFigure 6.2 Tax revenues in OECD countries as % of GDPFigure 6.3 Tax levels required for UBS and UBI

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