Following his triumphant re-election earlier this month, Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford has announced his intention to tear up the rulebook on welfare and trial a universal basic income (UBI) – a periodic payment delivered to every citizen, no matter their wealth or circumstance – reportedly with an initial focus on care leavers.
Paul Williams, the Labour parliamentary candidate in Hartlepool who fared much worse in this month’s elections than Drakeford, wrote after his defeat that the voters don’t know what Keir Starmer stands for. Drakeford’s move towards a universal basic income is timely and sensible and Starmer would […]
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