Basic income should replace benefits system, says charity

Basic income should replace benefits system, says charity

Long term benefits in health and wellbeing, says RSA The benefits system should be scrapped – and replaced with a basic income , according to a charity.

A new report recommends giving every adult in Scotland an annual wage of £2,400, rising to £4,800. Children would be paid £1,500.

The RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures) charity says this would end the stigma of receiving benefits, and also end the punitive Universal Credit regime.There would be long term benefits in health and wellbeing, says the RSA.The idea of the Universal Basic Income (UBI) has gained some traction in […]

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