The payments could be made weekly. That way if someone was irresponsible and blew their basic income on non-essentials they would only need to survive on whatev

The payments could be made weekly. That way if someone was irresponsible and blew their basic income on non-essentials they would only need to survive on whatever they had left for a week. Also, there would still be a role for social services in getting kids out of harms way if their parents couldn't look after them, but basic income would be sorted out separately, without using means-based testing.