Wales hopes to trial universal basic income

Wales hopes to trial universal basic income

Wales is planning to trial a universal basic income scheme, whereby every citizen receives regular sums of money to cover basic living costs regardless of whether they have a job and how much they earn.

In a radio interview last week, First Minister Mark Drakeford revealed that a pilot would go ahead. However, a spokesperson for the Welsh government has admitted that it would need support from the UK government as the welfare system is not devolved.

Supporters of the universal basic income (UBI) concept suggest that it would allow more people time to retrain in response to changing employer […]

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