The specifics of Wales’ UBI trial are yet to be established. A universal basic income (UBI) is no new idea. It has been championed by people across the political spectrum throughout the world, including by US Presidents Lyndon B Johnson and Richard Nixon.
Despite being first suggested in the UK by Bertrand Russell, a native of Trellech in Monmouthshire, it has never gained enough traction to be implemented into the UK’s welfare system.
Benefits such as the state pension, child welfare and the National Health Service have been universal in design, but there has never been a single universal payment to […]
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