(From L to R) Italy’s Labour Minister and deputy PM Luigi Di Maio, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and Interior Minister and deputy PM Matteo Salvini hold a press conference yesterday at Rome’s Palazzo The Italian government has approved "citizens’ income" and a new pension scheme, marking a major overhaul of the country’s welfare system.
The agreed reforms , providing income support for the poor and allowing people to retire earlier, are the centrepiece of the government’s controversial 2019 “people’s budget”. But critics say the policies are unsustainable for Italy’s already-strained public finances.
The agreement means that, despite having to make some […]
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