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The politicians supporting this motion included many Labour PMs, Welsh AMs, peers and councillors calling for Universal Basic Income (UBI) in their areas.
A proposal to trial a universal basic income programme in the capital was rejected by the London Assembly who ‘kicked it into the long grass’, the Green Party has claimed.
The motion was brought to the assembly by Assembly Members Sian Berry and Lib Dem Caroline Pidgeon.
Backers of a Universal Basic Income (UBI) include Labour PMs, Welsh AMs, peers and councillors across the country, with over 500 signing a letter to the Chancellor recently.
But last Thursday Labour AM Leonie Cooper rejected a motion in support and in a ‘highly unusual move’ referred the issue for consideration at at later date Assembly’s Economy Committee.