How it would work
Individual
To each person, not each household: that is what makes it possible to leave a home where you are unsafe.
The income goes to the person, not to the household.
Why this is decisive
A payment calculated on the household leaves whoever has no income of their own dependent on whoever does. For a woman in a violent relationship, economic autonomy is often the difference between leaving and staying.
It is also a matter of consistency: if the entitlement is unconditional, it cannot depend on who you live with.
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More principles on How it would work
Unconditional
Every resident
No means test, no obligation to seek work, no categories of eligible claimant.
Enough to live on
Reference: 60% of national median income
Above the poverty line — otherwise it does not change the balance of power and achieves little.
Added, not substituted
A necessary clarification against a common confusion
Health, education and services remain. A basic income is a floor, not a trade.