© PA Further to the letter by DE (EE, June 17) asking “can an independent Scotland afford to pay pensioners?”, there is also the radical pledge by the SNP to deliver a “universal basic income”.
This is meant to replace the benefits system , including pensions, with “free” cash for every man, woman, and child. This is to be championed as a way to reduce poverty.
This threatens to be exceedingly expensive, which I don’t think has ever been costed by the SNP, but has been independently estimated to cost taxpayers an extra £60 billion.How will this be funded? I believe […]
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