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Newbury Town Council supports study into Universal Basic Income Support for ‘game changer‘ scheme for people struggling below poverty line Jonathan Ashby NEWBURY Town Council has approved a motion supporting a study into Universal Basic Income (UBI). In a full council meeting on Monday, February 1, councillor Steve Masters (Green, Speenhamland) put forward a motion requesting that the town council “supports, in principle, a UBI and calls on our MP Laura Farris and the Government to provide funds to establish a study scheme in Newbury”. The motion will not see any council funds spent �...

Newbury Town Council objects to converting Faraday Road into open recreational space “Sport is clearly a much better use of the ground rather than general recreation" Jonathan Ashby  '); NEWBURY Town Council has objected to plans to convert the disused Faraday Road football ground into a public recreational space. Conservative-run West Berkshire Council (WBC) wants to convert the ground – which has stood empty since Newbury Football Club was evicted in July 2018 – into an open space, while also demolishing the now dilapidated clubhouse at a cost of £191,000. More pay-and-display parki...