Parliamentary Debate 14th September 2016

In response to recent parliamentary questions, the UK Government has said that it has not undertaken any research on Universal Basic Income proposals, and has no current plans to do so.

https://www.parliament.uk/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/commons/2016-06-09/40099

17th June 2019

We are aware of experiments in universal basic income (UBI) around the world and we do not believe there is a case for UBI. We believe Universal Credit is the right approach for the UK 

https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons&use-dates=True&answered-from=2015-01-01&answered-to=2019-07-07&dept=29&keywords="Universal+Basic+Income"

2019 Times have changed. Time to research and act, not more of the same. Government committee do not accept a witness referring to a research carried out 25 years prior 

ref. 12th January 2017 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=syVNeYCQtyU