IPPR Scotland director Russell Gunson says costs of UBI could be ‘eye-watering’ THINKTANK the IPPR have attacked plans for a universal basic income, claiming that the state giving every adult in the country £100, and every child £50, would cost an “eye-watering” £20 billion per year in Scotland and would increase relative child poverty.
But supporters of a citizens income said the IPPR had a “very superficial modelling and understanding” of the policy.
In their assesment, the IPPR suggests Universal Basic Income (UBI) may be misguided and that topping up the child element of Universal Credit by £150 per month instead, […]
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