Output

The event was a big success! You can read our summary of Basic Income North 2023 here.

Overview

With prominent business and government leaders backing calls to implement universal basic income (UBI), the idea is receiving high levels of coverage and interest across the north of England.

But what is UBI? How might it work, what might be the benefits, and is this something that could work in the North? These questions will be examined and pondered upon in this joint Basic Income North and RSA event.

The aim of this event is to continue discussions around Basic Income in a Northern context, and to show what incremental changes can be made to current systems to achieve a Basic Income in due course.

The RMT Union announced strike action affecting 14 train operating companies on the day we had chosen for the conference. This has meant that a number of our invited speakers are now unable to join us, and our expected attendance figures have been significantly downgraded.

Due to these issues, we have taken the decision to instead hold an online Basic Income North symposium from 1:15pm to 4:45pm on the same day, the afternoon of Thursday 20th July. This is to be followed by a series of 30-minute ‘deep dive’ conversations with experts on different aspects of Basic Income later in the year.