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Episode Synopsis
In this episode we speak to Russell Gunson, Head of Policy and Research at the Robertson Trust, about the Minimum Income Guarantee for Scotland.
The Minimum Income Guarantee may not be a concept many of us are familiar with, it's fairly new and is aiming to improve living standards across the board.
Russell answers questions such as:
What is a Minimum Income Guarantee?
How will incomes actually be boosted?
What is the combination of activities that are underpinning the Minimum Income Guarantee?
How do you set the Minimum Income Guarantee level?
Will the Minimum Income Guarantee be different for different groups?
Is there a Minimum Income Guarantee in anywhere in the rest of the world?
How do we ensure this does not just become about a massively increased social security budget?
How would the Minimum Income Guarantee help meet the child poverty targets that the government has set?
There is cross party support for a Minimum Income Guarantee, how has government been taking this forward?
Will Minimum Income Guarantee replace Universal Credit?
How much might a Minimum Income Guarantee cost?
How much public support is there for a Minimum Income Guarantee?
How does Minimum Income Guarantee differ from a Universal Basic Income?
The Minimum Income Guarantee may not be a concept many of us are familiar with, it's fairly new and is aiming to improve living standards across the board.
Russell answers questions such as:
What is a Minimum Income Guarantee?
How will incomes actually be boosted?
What is the combination of activities that are underpinning the Minimum Income Guarantee?
How do you set the Minimum Income Guarantee level?
Will the Minimum Income Guarantee be different for different groups?
Is there a Minimum Income Guarantee in anywhere in the rest of the world?
How do we ensure this does not just become about a massively increased social security budget?
How would the Minimum Income Guarantee help meet the child poverty targets that the government has set?
There is cross party support for a Minimum Income Guarantee, how has government been taking this forward?
Will Minimum Income Guarantee replace Universal Credit?
How much might a Minimum Income Guarantee cost?
How much public support is there for a Minimum Income Guarantee?
How does Minimum Income Guarantee differ from a Universal Basic Income?
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