A pilot of basic income would need legislative change (Dominic Lipinski/PA) A pilot into a citizen’s basic income (CBI) is desirable but would be challenging, a study group has said.
For the last two years, Fife, North Ayrshire, City of Edinburgh and Glasgow councils as well as NHS Health Scotland have collaborated on whether or not CBI would be feasible.
The concept of CBI was that every person, regardless of existing benefits or income, was given an unconditional, regular payment.The Scottish Government provided £250,000 to support the feasibility work in Scotland.Led by the CBI feasibility study steering group, a proposed model […]
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