SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford appearing remotely at Prime Minister’s Questions THE UK Government has been told to freeze its re-introduction of benefits sanctions amid calls for a universal basic income scheme to help support self-employed workers.
Boris Johnson told MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions that the UK Government has considered the introduction of a universal basic income to help support people through the Covid-19 crisis but stressed that getting people back into work was the strategy.
A universal basic income would see all citizens receive an allowance with the principle backed by the Scottish Government. But Nicola Sturgeon would need […]
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