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The idea that healthcare and education should be provided as universal public services to all who need them is widely accepted. But why leave it there? Why not expand it to more of life's essentials?
In their bold new book, Anna Coote and Andrew Percy argue that this transformational new policy - Universal Basic Services - is exactly what we need to save our societies and our planet. The old argument that free markets and individual choice are the best way to solve pressing problems of poverty, inequality and environmental degradation has led us to catastrophe, and must be abandoned. The authors show that expanding the principle of collective universal service provision to everyday essentials like transport, childcare and housing is not only the best way of tackling many of the biggest problems facing the contemporary world: it's also efficient, practical and affordable.
Anyone who cares about fighting for a fairer, greener and more democratic world should read this book.
Contents
Introduction Notes
1 Why We Need This Change
Notes
2 How Would It Work in Practice?
Responsibility
Power and devolution
Ownership
Funding arrangements
Degrees of participation
Conditionality
Entitlements
The role of the state
Common features
Notes
3 The Benefits of UBS
Equality
Efficiency
Solidarity
Sustainability
Considering UBS alongside cash payments
Notes
4 Rolling Out UBS: Meeting Needs for Care
Child care
Adult social care
Notes
5 Rolling Out UBS: a note about food
Housing
Transport
Reaching further with UBS: a note about food
Notes
6 Challenges and Responses
Power and competence of government
Decision making
Profiteering by big corporations
Meeting resistance
How much would it cost and is it affordable?
Notes
Conclusions
Notes
Index
