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BBC News By David Deans image captionShould people receive a basic income? A proposed pilot for a universal basic income (UBI) in Wales could involve people leaving care, the Welsh government has said. UBI would be a sum of money paid to everyone, which supporters say would ensure people do not fall through gaps in the benefit system. Others argue it is not clear whether it would be the best way to ease poverty. The UK government, which controls benefits, said it did not think it would be an incentive to work. The plan revealed by First Minister Mark Drakeford at the weekend follows increase...

BBC News By Catherine Evans image copyrightfamily photo image captionAlys Patosit has three jobs, but says buying a home is out of her family's reach. For many working parents in Wales, buying their own home is an "unachievable dream," according to three charities. Nearly half the homeowners helped by the Help to Buy scheme in 2020-21 earned at least £40,000. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation said evidence suggested it was "not helping people on lower incomes". The Welsh government said a new phase of the scheme will help those "who most need support". Alys Patosit, 41, and her husband Pin, 48,...

Her comments come after a report released this week shone light on the school uniform cost burden faced by struggling families across the country. The paper, part of the Covid Realities partnership project between the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), the Nuffield Foundation, and the universities of York and Birmingham, suggests parents are going without food and other essentials to buy uniform and kit for the school year. Kim, 37, who lives on Anglesey with her husband and four children and did not want to be fully identified, took part in the study. Two of her children are in primary...

Hywel Francis, Labour MP and historian who explored the struggles of South Wales miners – obituary His 14 years as an MP, during which time he championed carers’ rights, was book-ended by a distinguished academic career Hywel Francis in 2005 Credit: David Wimsett /UPPA/Photoshot Hywel Francis, who has died aged 74, was a gifted academic, and later a Labour MP, who made a unique contribution to chronicling the history of the struggles of the South Wales miners. The son of the coalfield’s Communist miners’ leader Dai Francis, who led them through the disputes of the 1970s, he chaired th...