In the 2023/4 Programme for Government, the Scottish Government outlined a commitment to work with the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG) Expert Group “to model a MIG for unpaid carers, the majority of whom are women, and who have been hard hit by the cost of living crisis.”
In February 2024, the Poverty Alliance held a seminar focused on this proposed MIG pilot. The session explored why unpaid carer would be a be a good pilot population group, looking to lessons from Universal Basic Income (UBI) pilots, including the Welsh pilot with young care leavers. It also looked at the principles of a pilot approach and the key considerations for unpaid carers’ financial
security.
You can read the seminar briefing in the window below, or download it from here.
1. A compassionate social security system for unpaid carers
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