Universal basic income to be tested in Wales

Universal basic income to be tested in Wales

The Welsh Government is testing a universal basic income (UBI) scheme that will pay adults a set amount regardless of their income.

A Welsh government spokesman told the BBC that people leaving care may be the first to go on the pilot UBI scheme.

First Minister Mark Drakeford first mooted the idea of ​​UBI in Wales on Saturday. He added that a pilot would need to be “carefully designed to ensure that it is actually adding income to the group of people we are able to work with”.He said: “It has to be a pilot because we don’t have all the […]

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