Nicola Sturgeon is not convinced Willie Rennie could persuade Boris Johnson to back his plan NICOLA Sturgeon has called into question the credibility of Willie Rennie’s ambitions to see a universal basic income introduced to Scotland. During the STV leaders’ debate, the First Minister said the LibDem chief’s plan relied on the unlikely prospect of persuading Boris Johnson to back his proposals. In the cross-examination segment of the programme, the SNP leader warned that without independence Scotland lacks the powers necessary to introduce the welfare scheme, which would see every adult in Scotland given a regular payment from the state.
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The benefit is administered by the Scottish Government’s new social security body (Jane Barlow/PA)
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More than 50,000 applications for the new Scottish Child Payment have been granted, the Scottish Government has said.
The “game-changing” benefit which will give low income families with children under the age of six £40 per month per child.
As part of a new raft of benefits from Scotland’s new social security agency, 98,000 people submitted applications by the end of February.
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