NICOLA Sturgeon’s plans to give everyone in Scotland a basic income would cost £12BILLION a year and lead to huge tax hikes – according to analysis by her own Government.
A paper prepared by civil servants for the First Minister is warning people would face a colossal 50 per cent increase in the income tax rate to fund the idea – which is unlikely to be accepted anyway.
Reuters Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to give everyone in Scotland a basic income would cost £12bn a year
It comes after Ms Sturgeon revealed a Citizens Basic Income (CBI) would be trialled by […]
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