[p2p-research] UK's universal credit

[Michel Bauwens]

In this sense, it may be a lot more related to neoliberal workfare than to
the basic income,

Michel

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 9:50 PM, Dante-Gabryell Monson <
dante.monson at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Universal Credit" looks very "conditional" and "coercive" to me, when
> looking at the paragraph pasted below.
>
> How do they define "employment" ? How do they define "work" ?
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>  excerpt :
>
> *Conditionality & sanctions:* Universal Credit will be supported by a
> strong system of conditionality, which will be personalised (building upon
> Professor Paul Gregg’s recommendations to the previous government).
> Unemployed people who can work will be required to take all reasonable steps
> to find and move into employment and the government will introduce a
> ‘claimant commitment’. New financial sanctions will be introduced into the
> existing benefits system to support these measures and will be carried
> through when the Universal Credit is introduced.
>
>
> http://cesi.org.uk/NewPolicy/news/DWP_white_paper_universal_credit_published
>
> <http://cesi.org.uk/NewPolicy/news/DWP_white_paper_universal_credit_published>
>  On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Richard Poynder <
> richard.poynder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>>   Is it possible that the universal credit announced by the UK government
>> could be imagined as a step towards a basic income?
>>
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>> http://cesi.org.uk/NewPolicy/news/DWP_white_paper_universal_credit_published
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