in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University

One in four children in Scotland live in poverty - the vast majority within working households. Is it now time to get radical and adopt the suggested Universal Basic Income of a guaranteed £5,200 per person, per year?

Would this stop generations of children growing up without resources to obtain the type of diet, amenities, living conditions and ability to participate in activities, that we’d expect in 21st -century Scotland?

What other radical solutions are out there to mitigate the detrimental effects of poverty? And to improve life chances before the cycle of generational poverty finally ends?

Chair: Neil Gray MSP, Convener of Social Justice and Social Security Committee

Panellists:

Professor John McKendrick, Scottish Poverty and Inequality Research Unit at Glasgow Caledonian University

Wendy Hearty, Basic Income Project Manager of the Steering Group

Russell Gunson, the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland

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