The Deputy Prime Minister has rejected a demand for ministers to engage with universal basic income trials that are set to give a group of people £1,600 a month.
SNP MP Ronnie Cowan called on ministers to "wake up to the reality" that workplaces will need to be "drastically overhauled" because of "the progress of the gig economy and the acceleration of artificial intelligence".
In a passionate PMQs exchange, the MP for Inverclyde pleaded with Deputy PM Oliver Dowden to engage with the universal income pilots "so we can constructively assess the pros and cons".But Mr Dowden – who is […]
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