Picture: COLIN TEMPLETON..Chief medical officer Dr Harry Burns launches his fifth annual report…Photo: Colin Templeton. LIFE in deprived parts of Scotland would be transformed by the implementation of a citizen’s basic income, according to the country’s former chief medical officer, Harry Burns.
Burns, who is now a member of the Scottish Government ’s council of economic advisers, said such a scheme would reduce crime, boost educational achievement, and cut unemployment.
The Scottish Government is currently working with four councils to fund research into the possibility of paying a citizen’s income, which gives a flat-rate payment to all adults.Writing in our sister […]
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