Scotland may have to scale back flagship Universal Basic Income scheme

Scotland may have to scale back flagship Universal Basic Income scheme

It comes ahead of publication this week of a Scottish Government backed study into the feasibility of running a pilot which was undertaken by councils.

This is expected to support the launch of a scheme in Scotland and is likely to receive a favourable response from government, with Nicola Sturgeon having recently endorsed the policy.

The measure would see all citizens provided with a minimum payment which would be enough to meet their basic needs, whether they are working or not, with many benefits scrapped. It has been suggested previously this could be about £5,000 a year.An interim report last year […]

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