Finnish MP backs citizens income plan for Scotland

Finnish MP backs citizens income plan for Scotland

(2) View gallery A SENIOR MP from Finland, where a basic citizens’ income has been introduced, has offered to help SNP ministers introduce the radical policy in Scotland , which he claims will make work more – not less – attractive.

Oras Tynkkynen, a Green MP, said the flat-rate payment made to all adults had also boosted the incomes of those who had previously faced a choice between surviving on benefits and working in low-paid jobs.

Under the Finnish universal income scheme each adult receives around €560 a month, just less than 20 per cent of the average wage. This does […]

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