Somerset County Council rejects opposition calls for county to take part in future trial of universal basic income Universal basic income has already been trialled in several other countries 10:07, 19 FEB 2021 Any pilot of universal basic income (UBI) would be overseen by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) (Image: PA) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice