Universal basic income only goes so far – free public services are essential too | Alfie Stirling

Our weekly allowance may sound like UBI-lite, but it is part of a radical programme to transform livesAlmost 37 years ago to the day, during the fiery aftermath of an early Margaret Thatcher budget, the prime minister was allegedly challenged to name just two economists who endorsed her agenda of cutting public spending in the midst of recession – a prescription that was otherwise sending waves through orthodox academic thinking. “Alan Walters, and Professor Patrick Minford,” s