Britons Support Universal Basic Income

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What do Britons think of universal basic income in 2024? | YouGov

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Nearly half of Britons ( 46% ) support introducing a universal basic income in the UK , against a third ( 33% ) opposing such a programme.

Support is strongest among Labour voters, six in ten of whom ( 61% ) support the policy, with a majority of Lib Dems ( 54% ) also positive towards it.

Only a quarter of Britons think the government has the money to provide a basic income to its citizens, while a majority believe it is unaffordable.

View that a universal basic income would be inherently unaffordable is shared across the political spectrum.

This is by some margin the largest change across these questions since they were last asked in May 2022 .

Back then, a third ( 35% ) felt the UK could afford a basic income scheme, while 45% felt it was outside the government’s finances.

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