Income

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1. Universal Basic Income
   1. We are committed to implementing a universal basic income for every citizen of the United Kingdom, with the intention that net amount should be sufficient to keep a person of any age housed, fed, connected and recreationally fulfilled.
   2. We promise to make this a payment for every citizen with no means testing and no exceptions, no get-out clauses, no withdrawal of income for refusing to work or having more than two children. The basic income will be one of a citizen's rights.
   3. UBI is a regular fixed equal payment to each UK citizen from birth to death.
   4. We assume that a new child puts pressure on a family to require additional housing space; that a dependent child needs childcare to free parental time for productive (though not necessarily employed) engagement; that the child's educational career is paid from his UBI resource alongside all their other needs.
   5. We also assume that at the other end of life UBI fully replaces the existing state pension.
   6. By providing this level of unconditional support to everyone, regardless of age or life stage, this UBI promise aims to address some of the key financial pressures and inequalities that individuals and families face throughout their lives.
   7. Nelson Mandela wrote that “A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones”. Our commitment to leave no one behind underpins our social policy, without which adopting AI into the workforce becomes extremely problematic. Making employment an optio`n, but attractive as additional income for those who choose to seek it, offers a credible path toward a healthy nation.