DOI: 10.1177/13882627251355169The author of Unconditional: Towards unconditionality in social policy is Malcolm Torry, an expert in the field of social policy, on which he worked, at various institutions, for the last 40 years of his professional career. The book focuses on discussions around the meaning of unconditionality in social policy, with a specific emphasis on unconditional basic income (for every individual). An unconditional basic income would continue to be paid as incomes rose, so it would always be worth earning more. Secondly, any kind of (prospective) evalu- ation of an unconditional basic income scheme depends on the precise details of implementation, with unpredictable short-term or long-term effects. As his last book in this field, it summarises the discussion on unconditionality or on an unconditional basic income.