It's not clear yet that they have dropped it; I think a lot of reporters jumped the gun after some (typically) careless comments. The Greens' "basic income" is

It's not clear yet that they have dropped it; I think a lot of reporters jumped the gun after some (typically) careless comments. The Greens' "basic income" is only a partial one, though; most notably it's set at a level that couldn't possibly replace Housing Benefit, and so doesn't avoid the welfare trap.