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The Scottish Government will fund research into the idea of providing all citizens with a Universal Basic Income

Here we go again with another raft of vote fodder politicking, starting with this hilarious idea of giving unemployed Scots, asylum seekers and migrants £500 per month regardless of whether any of them actually manage to get a job. – Robert Sole People want decent jobs, housing, education and fair taxation not state handouts. – Paradise Island It should be interesting to see how the figures for this stack up. Where does the money come from? – Discless Let me guess... taxpayers in the rest of the UK. – Colinbattle Nothing like a Nicola Sturgeon story combined with progressive policies to tackle poverty to get the Unionist haters riled up. These are the people who see everyone impacted by unemployment and/or poverty as scroungers and label them along with illegal immigrants etc. – SNP are getting on There is nothing positive about removing incentive. – Itzi Bitzi