Spain is to become first country in Europe to introduce a permanent universal basic income programme to help people cope with the financial effects of #COVID19 Each household will receive 462 euros a month. The aim: reaching up to a million “most vulnerable” Spanish households /1
Recipients can work while receiving the payments. The scheme is aimed at encouraging people to look for work, rather than deterring job-seeking. Spanish media say their government first floated idea in December but that the pandemic accelerated plans to help Spain’s poorest /2
Scotland's government has called for a universal basic income to counter looming global recession which Bank of England warns will be the deepest on record /3
Finland previously trialed a basic income scheme for a year - ending 2018 - guaranteeing 560 euros for two thousand unemployed individuals. Participants reportedly said they felt less stressed, though employment levels didn’t improve. /4
