Alex Rowley speaks at Saturday’s event. Fifers could be paid a basic income in the next two to three years under a pilot of a radical alternative to the current welfare system.
An area of the kingdom could be used as a test for the system, which would see everyone paid a flat sum by the government.
The pay out would be enough for the basic essentials of life.Extensive discussions have already been held with the Scottish and UK governments about the pilot and Fife Council depute leader Councillor Lesley Laird said there was political will to make it happen.At a […]
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