Basic income pilot scheme for care leavers to be trialled in Wales

Basic income pilot scheme for care leavers to be trialled in Wales

Young people leaving care to be offered £1600 a month for two years from the month after their 18th birthday

All young people leaving care in Wales at the age of 18 are to be offered the chance to take part in a basic income pilot scheme under which they will receive £1,600 a month for up to two years.

The money will be given unconditionally and participants will be able to earn from paid jobs on top of the basic income with ministers hoping it will help give some of the most vulnerable in society a better chance of thriving.Officials, […]

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