Welsh universal basic income backed by Labour leader hopeful Eluned Morgan

Welsh universal basic income backed by Labour leader hopeful Eluned Morgan

A Universal Basic Income would guarantee every person a fixed sum of cash One of the candidates to succeed Carwyn Jones as the leader of Welsh Labour has backed the idea of a universal basic income in Wales.

Leadership candidate Eluned Morgan said she would back a pilot of the concept, where everybody is given cash regardless of how wealthy they are.

But she admitted it would be "extremely difficult" without the support of UK government coffers.One of her rivals, Vaughan Gething, said the idea is "out of touch".The universal basic income (UBI) concept is already being trialled in Finland, and […]

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