Mick Clifford: Support for basic income not yet universal but getting there

The old way of doing things, of letting the market decide to the greatest extent, with intervention largely confined to attempting to alleviate poverty, is looking increasingly out of date

A universal basic income is defined as an unconditional payment that is made regularly, is sufficient to live on, is not means tested and carries on work requirements.

There was a time when the concept of a universal basic income (UBI) was dismissed out of hand by most political and economic opinion. 

Too costly, too dodgy in that it would encourage indigent people to remove themselves from the workforce.