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Call to expand Universal Basic Income pilot in Wales; Universal Basic Income is the idea a government should pay all individuals a set salary, regardless of their means.

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Byline: By, Bronwen Weatherby, PA & Alan Johnson

The Welsh Government should broaden its proposed Universal Basic Income UBI pilot, a Senedd committee has found.

In a report, entitled A UBI Pilot for Wales , the Petitions Committee concluded that the current scheme for care leavers "has merit", but a wider trial would allow policy makers to learn more about the impact of a UBI.

Universal Basic Income is the idea a government should pay all individuals a set salary, regardless of their means.

Last year, the country's Labour government said it wanted to pilot such a scheme targeting some 250 care leavers by paying them an additional sum of money every month.

Proponents of the plans included those who believe UBI should apply to all citizens, and a petition submitted in August 2021 calling for an expansion of the pilot gained over a thousands signatures.

The committee, led by chair Jack Sargeant MS, invited a number of experts including Sophie Howe, the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales, Will Stronge, director of research at think tank Autonomy, Lydia Godden, Women's Equality Network WEN Wales, and Ewan Hilton, CEO of mental health charity Platfform to give evidence on the topic.

It concluded that the government should consider increasing the size and diversity of the pilot scheme to provide more robust data, and ensure payments are guaranteed, unconditional, and paid to the individual, not the household.

It has also recommended the government makes every effort to persuade UK Government departments such as the Department of Work and Pensions and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs to support the widest possible pilot...

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