38. UNIVERSAL BASIC SERVICES: Shaping the 21st century welfare state

Reasons Revisited

Geoff Lloyd

Society & Culture, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Hello! Could providing more services free at the point of access (like the NHS and education) relieve need and tackle inequality? Our guests Henrietta Moore and Jonathan Portes think so and we hear from academic Oded Cats on how one idea — free local transport — has worked elsewhere.

AND

Comedian Stuart Goldsmith wants to paint the town pink, artist salaries, Japanese plane boarding and mental health lessons in school

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by PodSaveTheUK,
0:02.8	the new weekly politics podcast with Nishkama and KokoKan.
0:06.4	We've been big fans of PodSaveAmerica for years.
0:10.5	And now, the people behind that podcast
0:13.3	bring you the same sharp, smart, funny perspective to UK politics.
0:17.8	Now, as I said at the start, the hosts and Nishkama,
0:20.6	love that guy, you'll know him from the Mashraport,
0:23.8	count the Southern TV shows and podcasts and radio programs.
0:27.6	But as well as being one of the funniest people I know,
0:30.1	he is also one of the cleverest.
0:32.0	And this is going to be the place where you get to hear
0:35.2	that big old brain, given space to soar.
0:38.6	Honestly, Nishkama's wired directly into the mainframe
0:41.8	of political news.
0:42.7	He's such an astute thinker and absolutely fearless.
0:46.4	And I was thrilled to see that he's teamed up
0:48.0	with journalist KokoKan.
0:49.6	I have really enjoyed her writing these last few years.
0:52.6	What I love about the pairing is she is not yet another
0:55.3	of the usual Westminster suspects.
0:57.3	Honestly, this is going to be funny, that's a given.
0:59.5	But he's also going to cut through the nonsense
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