Jun 24, 2021, 16:07 pm
Published: May 16, 2021
Wales is to launch a pilot universal basic income (UBI scheme, the first minister Mark Drakeford revealed.
The minister for social justice Jane Hutt will be asked to work on the pilot.
Under a UBI scheme, every citizen regardless of their income or means receives regular sums of money to cover the basic cost of living.
Its supporters argue that it can alleviate poverty, and give people more time to retrain and adapt to changing workplaces as well as making people more active, creative and engaged.
https://www.poandpo.com/politics/wales-t...me-scheme/
Wales is to launch a pilot universal basic income (UBI scheme, the first minister Mark Drakeford revealed.
The minister for social justice Jane Hutt will be asked to work on the pilot.
Under a UBI scheme, every citizen regardless of their income or means receives regular sums of money to cover the basic cost of living.
Its supporters argue that it can alleviate poverty, and give people more time to retrain and adapt to changing workplaces as well as making people more active, creative and engaged.
Quote:“A basic income pilot is one of the specific responsibilities of our new social justice minister,” Drakeford said.
“It will have to be carefully designed, it will draw on the experience of attempted pilots in Scotland, but I have a very longstanding interest in basic income. I hope we will be able to mount an experiment here that will test whether the claims that are made for a basic income approach are actually delivered."
https://www.poandpo.com/politics/wales-t...me-scheme/