Mark Drakeford: "I’m not interested in the political dispute about it" Asylum seeker children should be treated fairly, the first minister has insisted, in a row with Rishi Sunak over Wales’ basic income pilot.
The £20m scheme offers £1,600 a month to 18-year-olds leaving care, including unaccompanied asylum seekers.
The prime minister has said it was unbelievable Welsh Labour ministers wanted to pay "illegal migrants" .But Mark Drakeford said he wanted "some of the most vulnerable children" you will ever see treated fairly. Young care leavers to get £1,600 a month in scheme What is a universal basic income? […]
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