Video: Council leader wants Dundee to be part of Universal Basic Income trials ‘to build a fairer Scotland’ with policy which pays all citizens

Video: Council leader wants Dundee to be part of Universal Basic Income trials ‘to build a fairer Scotland’ with policy which pays all citizens

Dundee City Council leader John Alexander has said he wants Dundee to be part of the next stage of any trials involving a Universal Basic Income (UBI) for all Scots. © DC Thomson Dundee City Council leader John Alexander. UBI is a set payment for every citizen from the government, regardless of whether they are considered rich or poor .

Non-taxable, enshrined as a right in law and most importantly not means-tested, everyone in the country would receive the base-line salary each month, guaranteeing “money in people’s pockets”, according to campaigners.

Think tank and UBI supporters Reform Scotland would want every […]

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