FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon challenges Willie Rennie over UBI hypocrisy

FMQs: Nicola Sturgeon challenges Willie Rennie over UBI hypocrisy

Scottish LibDem leader Willie Rennie has said the case for UBI is ‘growing’ SCOTLAND’S First Minister has urged Willie Rennie to back further fiscal powers for Holyrood if he wants to see a universal basic income (UBI) implemented.

The Scottish LibDem leader has expressed interest in the policy, which sees every citizen given a guaranteed sum of money regardless or their means and removes the need for other welfare measures, and said since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic the case for it is “growing”. The LibDems’ 2019 autumn conference also backed holding pilots of a UBI scheme.

However Rennie has […]

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