Glasgow backs basic income trial: How could it work?
GLASGOW councillors have backed a report which recommends carrying out a basic income trial.
The city council has worked with three other local authorities, Edinburgh, Fife and North Ayrshire, as well as NHS Health Scotland and the Improvement Service over the past two years to explore the possibility of a citizens’ basic income (CBI).A steering group has recommended running a three-year pilot scheme to understand the impact a CBI could have on poverty, unemployment and financial well-being.Councillors have now agreed work on the feasibility of a CBI should continue and the report […]
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