A BASIC INCOME FOR CORNWALL - July 2022

Autonomy A Basic Income for Cornwall 29 A BASIC INCOME FOR CORNWALL Autonomy A Basic Income for Cornwall 30 A BASIC INCOME FOR CORNWALL WHAT IS A BASIC INCOME? A basic income involves a ‘no strings attached’ recurring payment to all members of a community.50 Basic income schemes can vary, but they often consist of having several key features: Universality – All individuals in a community should re. [...] However, Cornwall Council did not gain any further powers over social security (social security is the area that covers the administration of benefits in the UK).61 In the UK (with the exception of Scotland and North Ireland), all powers of the welfare system and the payment of benefits are centralised in Westminster, under the control of the Department of Work and Pensions.62 In terms of implemen. [...] The proposal for a higher basic income was based on the 2018 Minimum Income Standard which was suggested to have the greatest chance of decreasing poverty levels in Scotland, whereas the low basic income was modelled on the Scottish benefit provisions.92 The basic income payment is on a weekly basis and differs depending on the age of the individual. [...] Overall, due to the underlying principles of a basic income which include universality and unconditionality, a number of “[it would alleviate] participants considered this to be you know, a sense of humiliation and shame a superior solution to the existing and the kind of the means-tested benefits system. [...] Autonomy A Basic Income for Cornwall 61 MODELLING A BASIC INCOME IN CORNWALL Autonomy A Basic Income for Cornwall 62 MODELLING A BASIC INCOME IN CORNWALL In this section we present three possible models for a basic income in Cornwall.