It seems that the article is drawing a conclusion without evidence. It states further down in the article that the full results will not be released until 2019.

It seems that the article is drawing a conclusion without evidence. It states further down in the article that the full results will not be released until 2019. The trial could easily have not had positive, but its also just as possible that the program died due to political reasons. I'd like to see the statistics on the program as it'd be good to know if universal income is something that has no plausible chance of working, needs to be rolled out to more people to work, or if this is just basic politics killing a program