‘A trial of Universal Basic Income in Wales should give money to everyone in one area’

'A trial of Universal Basic Income in Wales should give money to everyone in one area'

There are calls for a geographic pilot of UBI Wales should trial universal basic income by giving everyone in one geographic area a basic income, Wales’ future generations commissioner Sophie Howe has said.

Earlier this year Mark Drakeford announced he would pilot a basic income with the Welsh Government saying it was looking at developing a small pilot, potentially involving people leaving care.

Known as universal basic income (UBI) , the idea is that the government provides everyone with a minimum living wage. This would be enough so that every person would be able to pay for all basic essentials, regardless […]

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