Report Calls for Minimum Income Guarantee Pilot in Scotland

Report calls for minimum income guarantee pilot in Scotland

The policy would establish an income level below which nobody is allowed to fall, via reform to social security, work and services.

Minimum Income Guarantee must arrive with no delays

The Scottish Greens have welcomed recommendations from a Scottish Government Expert Group that nobody in Scotland should live on less than a minimum income.   The Minimum Income Guarantee: a roadmap to dignity for all suggests that social security, employment and other policies should be geared to ensuring nobody falls below the Minimum Income Standard.   The Minimum Income Standard is published by the independent Joseph Rowntree Foundation and …

News: The Minimum Income Guarantee - an investment in security and freedom - The Poverty Alliance

Visit our Minimum Income Guarantee campaign page! Reacting to the publication of a new report from Scotland’s Minimum Income Guarantee Expert Group, Poverty Alliance chief executive Peter Kelly said: “People in Scotland believe we all should have enough to live on - free from the injustice of poverty, debt, and destitution. “But too many of us feel that we're on shaky ground. Our incomes never seem enough to cover life’s essentials. Too many o…

Commission comment on Minimum Income Guarantee - Poverty & Inequality Commission

Commenting on the publication of the final report by the independent Minimum Income Guarantee Expert Group, Professor Stephen Sinclair, Chair of the Poverty and Inequality Commission, said: “A fully implemented Minimum Income Guarantee offers the radical vision of a Scotland where no-one’s income drops below a level required to…The post Commission comment on Minimum Income Guarantee appeared first on Poverty & Inequality Commission.