UK Government told to scrap ‘heartless’ benefits sanctions amid furlough extension calls

UK Government told to scrap 'heartless' benefits sanctions amid furlough extension calls

SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford appearing remotely at Prime Minister’s Questions THE UK Government has been told to freeze its re-introduction of benefits sanctions amid calls for a universal basic income scheme to help support self-employed workers.

Boris Johnson told MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions that the UK Government has considered the introduction of a universal basic income to help support people through the Covid-19 crisis but stressed that getting people back into work was the strategy.

A universal basic income would see all citizens receive an allowance with the principle backed by the Scottish Government. But Nicola Sturgeon would need […]

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