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- Bengali arts and culture on show at the Museum of London Docklands family festival.
- Young Londoners to take over Museum of London this March
- Treasured children’s author Jacqueline Wilson’s latest book Wave Me Goodbye inspires family day at the Museum of London Docklands
- Adventures in Peter Pan’s Neverland at Museum of London Docklands
- Museum of London Docklands celebrates Chinese New Year this February half term
- Museum of London Docklands to showcase rare Roman sarcophagus in first public display
- Taste not waste: Be inspired by unique recipes using your leftover food for a more sustainable future London
- Whitechapel’s famous monster fatberg is coming to the Museum of London
- An Idea for a Future London open call winner announced
- London Visions: Hypothetical scenarios of a future London
- Smithfield street party: Museum of London celebrates 150 years of Smithfield markets
- Technology replacing jobs won’t halt our working spirit
- Learn how to code like a pro and celebrate digital technology at the Museum of London’s free family festival
- Votes for Women programme
- All aboard for the Maritime music festival
- New display reveals complex history of British Army’s West India Regiments
- Paddington returns to Museum of London
- Bonus Levels: Artist Lawrence Lek invites viewers to re-imagine future London
- The Museum of London hopes to acquire Whitechapel 'fatberg'
- The City is Ours: A Tale of New Cities
- Tracking London’s most talked about topics and emojis
- London Nights: Museum of London unveils the city at night in major photography exhibition
- Statement on 20 May 2017
- Digital visions of London, faces of the capital photographed and portrait painting in exchange for a favour
- What does the future hold for London and cities around the world?
- Museum of London releases third and final Great Fire 1666 Minecraft map
- Museum of London acquires 100 menswear items worn by townscape consultant Francis Golding
- 8,000 years of human history on display at the Museum of London Docklands
- Museum of London displays recently acquired Sutherland drawings in new exhibition of Blitz artwork
- Mayor of London and City of London Corporation pledge support for new Museum of London at West Smithfield
- City Now City Future: a conversation about the past, present and future of our cities
- Rare tools give insight into working lives of Roman Londoners at the Museum of London
- New display at the Museum of London traces the capital’s obsession with ice skating
- Historic vessels Knocker White and Varlet set sail to new home at Trinity Buoy Wharf
- Missing Bake Off? Take your taste buds back in time with 17th century gingerbread
- Rare Victoria Cross with mysterious story to go on display at the Museum of London
- Museum of London x Craft Central pop-up opens for Christmas 2016
- Museum of London boosts Great Fire collections with mysterious manuscript
- After dark at The Night Museum
- New display about the life of ‘The Royal African’ and the slave trade
- Joe Corré, Jordan and Richard Boon to appear in an uncensored, live Punk.London debate
- People of Punk bring the year of celebration to an end
- Tunnel: the archaeology of Crossrail
- New archaeological exhibition opens at the Museum of London
- Our statement on Fabric
- New Great Fire website to mark 350th anniversary
- Museum of London sets the City on fire with second Great Fire 1666 Minecraft map
- Skeletons: Our Buried Bones
- Behind the Scenes of the Museum of London
- Stanton Williams and Asif Khan to design new Museum of London at West Smithfield
- Rare George Cross medal goes on display at the Museum of London Docklands
- Museum of London opens most theatrical exhibition ever to mark 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London
- Museum of London uses Minecraft to recreate the Great Fire of 1666
- Sir Edward Lister joins Museum of London Board of Governors
- 17th century fire engine restored for Great Fire exhibition
- Design concepts for new museum at West Smithfield revealed
- Hello London, Hello Barbados
- Stomping Grounds: Dick Scott-Stewart photographs on display
- Legendary London Stone installed at the Museum of London
- West Smithfield Design Competition shortlist announced
- Museum of London launches new website to increase visits and ticket sales
- Never-before-seen archaeological artefacts from forthcoming exhibition, Fire! Fire! unveiled
- Major new gallery at Museum of London Docklands explores history of the world's largest docks
- West Smithfield International Design Competition launched
- Malcolm Reading Consultants appointed to run West Smithfield International Design Competition
- Museum of London bolsters its art collections
- Photography of Londoners and their pastimes on show at Museum of London
- New research to shed fresh light on the impact of industrialisation
- Looking for Londoners and Show Space
- Met Police’s Crime Museum revealed at Museum of London
- Five Museum of London apprentices appointed
- Another record-breaking year for the Museum of London
Technology replacing jobs won’t halt our working spirit
16 November 2017
Research shows almost half of Londoners would opt to remain in work rather than receive a Universal Basic Income
Should they find themselves replaced by machines in the workplace in the future, 49% of Londoners have indicated they would not be happy to stop working and have their income provided for via a Universal Basic Income scheme, a Museum of London commissioned survey has found.
Universal Basic Income is a form of social security in which all residents of a country receive a regular, unconditional sum of money from the government, regardless of any other income and in theory would ensure a reasonable standard of living for recipients. This year, Finland became the first European nation to begin trialling the scheme.
The YouGov conducted study also revealed that only slightly above half of Londoners (51%), would support the introduction of a Universal Basic Income scheme should it become possible for robots and machines to do their jobs.
These remarkable findings contradict any notion of Londoners being ‘lazy’ and further suggest that despite the negative outlook on technology replacing jobs in the future, Londoners are prepared to source alternative means of supporting themselves rather than relying on the government.
The survey was commissioned by the Museum of London as part of City Now City Future, the museums first ever year-long season of over 100 events, exhibitions, displays, debates and creative commissions exploring urban evolution in London and around the world.
Running until April 2018, City Now City Future aims to discover what it means to live in a truly global city, with more than half of the world’s population now residing in urban areas.
As part of the season visitors can also see the museum’s major exhibition The City is Ours, which looks at the challenges and opportunities of urban living through a range of digital and physical interactives, films and models. The exhibit is also the first ever at the museum to be presented in both English and French.
Foteini Aravani, Digital Curator at the Museum of London, said:
The YouGov survey commissioned by the Museum of London, gives us further insight into the mind-set of Londoners, it demonstrates the resilience and fortitude of the people of this vibrant city.
City Now City Future constantly asks; what does it truly mean to live in a global city? As we continue to look for answers and prepare for our move to West Smithfield, we are constantly challenging the role a museum should be playing in cities like London
Further information: www.museumoflondon.org.uk/citynowcityfuture
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Notes for editors
For more press information please contact Leon Garwood, Media Officer at the Museum of London on 020 7001 9809 or [email protected].
YouGov Survey
All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 1048 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 31st August - 4th September 2017. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all London adults (aged 18+).
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