Nicola Sturgeon has vowed to press on with plans to explore a citizen’s income scheme for Scotland while acknowledging it “might turn out not to be feasible”.
The First Minister said it would be wrong to be “close-minded” about different approaches to benefits in the face of rapid economic and digital change.
The Scottish Government’s plan to fund research into the possibility of a Scottish scheme has been criticised as unaffordable by the Scottish Conservatives.Earlier this week, the party suggested spending on benefits could have to rise by £12.3 billion to cover the costs of such a move – a claim […]
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