TWO lawyers from Swansea want the city to trial a form of guaranteed income which would be paid to a sample of the population, without conditions.
Ciaran Sturge and Lowri Walters back a pilot of universal basic income (UBI), which would involve the Government paying people a sum of money every week, even if they had a job. They were convinced of the scheme’s merits by another lawyer, Jonathan Williams, who is pushing for a wider trial in Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend, Ceredigion and Gwynedd, as well as Swansea.
Ideally, he would like UBI to be paid to 10,000 residents […]
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