Former skills minister says ‘we should not be trying to create a world in which most people do not feel the need to work’
A former Conservative minister has denounced the idea of a universal basic income to protect workers who lose their jobs as “dangerous nonsense”
Former skills minister Nick Boles said the Tories had a “moral duty” to oppose the introduction of the idea – which guarantees every worker in the UK a minimum income.
Universal basic income, or UBI, would replace means-tested benefits with one single payment to every adult.
It has been suggested as a…