Poverty a Key Election Issue, as Parties Consider Lower Taxes, Higher Minimum Wage and Universal Basic Income (Feature)

Poverty a Key Election Issue, as Parties Consider Lower Taxes, Higher Minimum Wage and Universal Basic Income (Feature)

STA , 22 May 2018 – Social affairs and labour market rank prominently in many election manifestos. Most of the parties running in the 3 June election support an increase in the minimum wage and several propose fixing a maximum ratio between the highest and lowest pay. A few would also try a universal basic income (UBI).

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Virtually all parties quizzed by the STA ahead of the 3 June election support raising the monthly minimum wage from the current 638.42 […]

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