Malcolm Torry, who has long been serving as the director of the Citizen’s Income Trust, reflected a time he worked as welfare officer in late 1970s and how uncertain the situation of claimants were because of the nature of means tested benefit. He argues that BIG “will need to be high on the agenda of the Government enquiry into income maintenance.”

Malcolm Torry, “Basic Income – a benefits system for our society, today and tomorrow.” Discovers Society: Measured – Factual – Critical, Issue 13, September 30, 2014.