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Yes, most proponents of this see it as cost neutral

Well, there's no support for this within the Labour party, Corbynista's or Blairites. And there's not much support in the Tory party either - so I wouldn't hold your breath on this being introduced

The idea is that it takes people off benefits and makes it easier for them to work. At the moment, if you earn x pounds and your benefit is y pounds then money is deducted from your benefits payment. This creates bureaucracy (ie more government spending) but often the person declines the work as...

Except that there's plenty of backing for this from conservative economists: see here, here and here Even arch-conservative thinker Charles Murray has tinkered with the idea, although he hasn't quite got it right. In fact, I'd say that it's an idea more associated with the right than the left...

I disagree. I can't see it happening any other way. The UK has an entrenched belief in avoiding civic upheaval and I can't see a situation where, say, 5% of the populace is rich, 15% is surviving and the other 80% are living in poverty, is sustainable

Depending which economist you believe, something like 65 to 80% of all jobs will disappear in the next 30 years (and not all of them will be replaced). There will be a global move towards automation and you don't think the UK will be affected? There are already trials for self-driving cars on...

I started a thread on this a few months ago. It's a really interesting idea - Switzerland has a referendum on this next year - and it's being talked about by several other countries. I reckon it will be commonplace across Europe within 20 years