A national Citizen’s Basic Income would be designed to replace almost all benefits (Photo: Getty) Replacing Scotland’s welfare system with a Citizen’s Basic Income (CBI) would cost £3.6bn a year and require everyone in the country to pay taxes of 50 per cent or more, according to an internal Government briefing.
The concept of unconditional cash handouts for every citizen, which is being examined by ministers on the orders of Nicola Sturgeon, would be “very costly” and may not actually improve people’s lives, the document states. “It is a very costly policy that is unlikely to gain public acceptability” Scottish […]
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