Call for Wrexham to be universal basic income pilot area

Call for Wrexham to be universal basic income pilot area

Wales should explore paying everyone a basic income to study how it could improve lives for generations in the future, the First Minister is being urged, along with a call for Wrexham to be a pilot area.

UBI advocates including the Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe, UBI Lab Cymru, Women’s Equality Network (WEN) Wales, and Chwarae Teg have written to Mark Drakeford asking him to expand plans for testing the benefits of supporting people with enough money for their basic needs.

A universal basic income (UBI) is an unconditional payment where a government pays every individual a set salary, regardless of […]

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