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THIS week, with infection rates climbing ever higher, we’re bracing ourselves for a difficult winter ahead.
After years of austerity, many Glasgow families are wondering how they can survive the brutal economic impact of covid on top of everything else.
In one of the richest countries in the world, it is an absolute scandal that any family should be living in fear. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
This week at a Full Council meeting we voted for an idea that’s been Green policy for decades but whose time has most assuredly come – Universal Basic Income.
This is the idea that everyone – everyone! – would get an unconditional payment of money on a regular basis and it would be enough to cover your basic needs like food, shelter and heating.