Belfast City Council approved an offer of funding towards a study looking at practicalities for a trial, at its recent meeting of the strategic policy and resources committee.
The funding offer was opposed by the DUP, which has stated its objection to Universal Basic Income.
The study will not be funded by Stormont, but rather by local authorities, and other groups such as Advice NI and Queen’s University. The total cost of the study has been calculated at £95,800, with the Belfast Council pledge taking it past the halfway mark in terms of reaching the target.Derry City and Strabane District Council […]
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