News Joel James MS on Senedd TV. Sophie Howe – The Future Generations Commissioner for Wales is photographed at the Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye in Brecknockshire, South Wales. A Welsh Conservative Senedd Member has claimed that Universal Basic Income is a “fantasy” after a report said that it would halve poverty in Wales.
The study by Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Sophie Howe, said that UBI would decrease overall poverty rates in Wales by 50% and child poverty would decrease by 64%.
But the Welsh Conservatives said that the idea amounted to “some of the richest in society receive taxpayers hard-earned […]
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