Universal basic income: Next government commits to a pilot programme to trial it out

Universal basic income: Next government commits to a pilot programme to trial it out

The Green Party had called for a trial similar to those carried out in other countries in its election manifesto.

THE NEXT GOVERNMENT has committed to trialing Universal Basic Income (UBI) in Ireland at some stage over the next five years, according to the programme for government published yesterday.

The idea behind UBI is to give adults an automatic payment from the State that isn’t means tested and is given regardless of whether you have a job or not, as an alternative to in-work tax credits and core social welfare payments.A lobby group in favour of the move towards […]

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