The Welsh Basic Income Pilot | Cynllun Peilot Incwm Sylfaenol

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The First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford and Minister for Social Justice, Jane Hutt, discuss the Welsh basic income pilot.

The Welsh Government has introduced a pilot for those people leaving care as they move to adult life. From 1 July 2022, around 500 people will be offered £1,600 a month before tax for two years. The aim of this pilot is to support care leavers to lead ‘healthy, happy and fulfilling lives’. The Open University Economics Seminar Series is honoured to host the First Minister of Wales Mark Drakeford and Minister for Social Justice Jane Hutt as they discuss the Welsh basic income pilot for people leaving care. The event will be introduced and chaired by Rajiv Prabhakar, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Open University. The Ministers will discuss the pilot which explores new ways of supporting people who are most in need in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis. ~~~Ynghylch y digwyddiad hwn Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyflwyno cynllun peilot ar gyfer y bobl hynny’n sy’n gadael gofal wrth iddynt symud i mewn i fywyd fel Oedolion. O 1 Gorffennaf 2022, bydd tua 500 o bobl yn cael cynnig o £1,600 y mis cyn treth am ddwy flynedd. Nod y peilot yw cefnogi pobl sy’n gadael gofal i fyw ‘bywydau iach, hapus, llawn boddhad.’Mae’n anrhydedd gan Gyfres Seminarau Economeg y Brifysgol Agored groesawu Prif Weinidog Cymru Mark Drakeford a’r Gweinidog Cyfiawnder Cymdeithasol Jane Hutt I drafod cynllun peilot incwm sylfaenol ar gyfer pobl ifanc sy’n gadael gofal. Caiff y digwyddiad ei gyflwyno a’i gadeirio gan Rajiv Prabhakar, Uwch-ddarlithydd mewn Economeg yn y Brifysgol Agored.Bydd y Gweinidogion yn trafod y peilot sy’n archwilio ffyrdd newydd o gefnogi pobl sydd yn â’r angen mwyaf, a hynny yng nghanol argyfwng mewn costau byw.

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