Citizen's Basic Income

Citizen's Basic Income - often called 'Universal Basic Income' or simply 'Basic Income' - is an act of grace. It is an unconditional income paid automatically to every individual as a right of citizenship and operates on a similar principle to the National Health Service - free at point of use for every legal resident.As a national social policy, reforming the UK s benefits system, Citizen s Basic Income would recognise God s equal treatment of every person while recognising individuality and celebrating God-given abundance. It would provide for the poor, be non-judgemental and recognise our mutual dependency. It would facilitate liberty, the duty to serve and a more just society, while both relativising and enhancing the family and inspiring us all to be co-creators.The idea of an unconditional payment for every citizen has been around at least since the eighteenth century. In the modern day Malcolm Torry and the Citizen s Income Trust have promoted debate and understanding of its feasibility. In this book Torry explains the models by which Citizen s Basic Income could work, and demonstrates the association between Citizen s Basic Income and Christianity. He calls for greater Church involvement in a wide-ranging debate on the subject.