Four councils have expressed an interest in running pilot universal basic income (UBI) schemes which would see residents handed a fixed amount of cash regardless of their employment status.
Local authorities in Fife, Edinburgh, Glasgow and North Ayrshire have made initial contact with the Scottish Government about exploring the option of trial UBI projects, with £250,000 of Holyrood funding available in 2018/19 and 2019/20. Proponents of a universal basic income argue it would better tackle poverty in Scotland than the current welfare model. Picture: John Devlin/TSPL This week Reform Scotland, an independent non-party think tank, welcomed a move by Holyrood […]
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