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UBI could reduce stress, improve mental health, offer a safety net in an age of automation and unstable employment.\r\n \r\nWe think UBI is a progressive, pragmatic solution to modern economic challenges, in contrast to systems that oppress and humiliate.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":31,"closing_date":"2026-12-19","created_at":"2026-05-21T17:47:13.168Z","updated_at":"2026-06-20T18:58:50.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-06-19T08:03:55.773Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-05-21T21:59:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Angela Templeton","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DWP","name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":31}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Boston and Skegness","ons_code":"E14001114","mp":"Richard Tice MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bridgwater","ons_code":"E14001126","mp":"Sir Ashley Fox MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Bristol Central","ons_code":"E14001131","mp":"Carla Denyer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Buckingham and Bletchley","ons_code":"E14001141","mp":"Callum Anderson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Cheltenham","ons_code":"E14001161","mp":"Max Wilkinson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chesterfield","ons_code":"E14001165","mp":"Mr Toby Perkins MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Colne Valley","ons_code":"E14001177","mp":"Paul Davies MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Derby South","ons_code":"E14001194","mp":"Baggy Shanker MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ellesmere Port and Bromborough","ons_code":"E14001222","mp":"Justin Madders MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"High Peak","ons_code":"E14001287","mp":"Jon Pearce MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ipswich","ons_code":"E14001302","mp":"Jack Abbott MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Islington North","ons_code":"E14001305","mp":"Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingswinford and South Staffordshire","ons_code":"E14001316","mp":"Mike Wood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Liverpool West Derby","ons_code":"E14001341","mp":"Ian Byrne MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Melksham and Devizes","ons_code":"E14001356","mp":"Brian Mathew MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor","ons_code":"E14001382","mp":"Alan Strickland MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Oxford West and Abingdon","ons_code":"E14001420","mp":"Layla Moran MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Rochester and Strood","ons_code":"E14001447","mp":"Lauren Edwards MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Salford","ons_code":"E14001459","mp":"Rebecca Long Bailey MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Scunthorpe","ons_code":"E14001462","mp":"Sir Nicholas Dakin MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"South West Hertfordshire","ons_code":"E14001496","mp":"Mr Gagan Mohindra MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Southampton Itchen","ons_code":"E14001499","mp":"Darren Paffey MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Southport","ons_code":"E14001504","mp":"Patrick Hurley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Staffordshire Moorlands","ons_code":"E14001514","mp":"Rt Hon Dame Karen Bradley MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Tiverton and Minehead","ons_code":"E14001548","mp":"Rachel Gilmour MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"West Suffolk","ons_code":"E14001578","mp":"Nick Timothy MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Kilbride and Strathaven","ons_code":"S14000077","mp":"Joani Reid MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stirling and Strathallan","ons_code":"S14000105","mp":"Chris Kane MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Swansea West","ons_code":"W07000108","mp":"Torsten Bell MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":4},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":2},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":4},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":3},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":3},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":4},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":6},{"name":"Wales","ons_code":"L","signature_count":1},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":2}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}