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Good evening. | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
Introducing a Universal Basic Income in Wales would be a "worrying | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
and extremely expensive socialist experiment", a leading | 0:00:17 | 0:00:19 | |
economist has warned. | 0:00:19 | 0:00:21 | |
Earlier this month, the Finance Secretary | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
said the idea of paying | 0:00:23 | 0:00:26 | |
every citizen an unconditional sum of money was "attractive" | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
and could help tackle poverty and inequality. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
But Professor Patrick Minford told Sunday Politics Wales | 0:00:33 | 0:00:36 | |
the scheme "isn't workable". | 0:00:36 | 0:00:38 | |
More from our political reporter, Cemlyn Davies. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
Should every single citizen receive an automatic basic income | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
to spend however they want, no strings attached? | 0:00:44 | 0:00:48 | |
It isn't a new question. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:50 | |
Philosophers have debated it for centuries. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
But the policy does have fresh support from the left and the right, | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
and here in Wales, the Finance Secretary recently | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
described the idea as attractive. | 0:00:59 | 0:01:03 | |
It's an idea with considerable roots in our social policy. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
Always struggled to manage to find a practical way | 0:01:07 | 0:01:10 | |
of taking it forward. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:13 | |
But there is an opportunity for us in Wales to watch | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
what is being attempted elsewhere. | 0:01:15 | 0:01:18 | |
It isn't clear if or how the Welsh government could introduce | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
a universal basic income, but Mark Drakeford says he will keep | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
an eye on developments in Scotland, where there are efforts to launch | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
pilot schemes in Glasgow and Fife. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:30 | |
The initiative has cross-party support and the backing | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
of the RSA think tank. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
It explains a basic income would be paid to everyone, | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
regardless of whether they work or not and so there is an extra | 0:01:38 | 0:01:42 | |
incentive for unemployed people to find a job as they wouldn't have | 0:01:42 | 0:01:47 | |
to worry about losing benefits as happens under the current system. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
With a basic income, moving from a system where you weren't | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
working into one where you were, you won't face those penalties. | 0:01:55 | 0:02:02 | |
You retain your consistent payment throughout that period. | 0:02:02 | 0:02:04 | |
You are given security to be able to choose to work. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
And also to actually to be able to choose work or training, | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
or to set up your own business. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:11 | |
This is not a workable scheme because it is far too expensive. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
It creates a tremendous tax and disincentive for the average | 0:02:14 | 0:02:17 | |
person further up the income scale who is paying the taxes | 0:02:17 | 0:02:20 | |
to fund the whole thing. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:23 | |
Mark Drakeford has said he thinks this is an attractive idea. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
Does that worry you? | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
Well it is quite worrying for Wales because it is very expensive. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
If Wales does it on its own it is going to be very expensive. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
Critics also claim a universal basic income could encourage laziness | 0:02:35 | 0:02:37 | |
and increase immigration. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
The First Minister has criticised President Donald Trump's decision | 0:02:41 | 0:02:44 | |
to institute a 90-day travel ban for nationals from Iran, | 0:02:44 | 0:02:50 | |
Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:52 | |
Carwyn Jones said the impact on "law-abiding citizens" | 0:02:52 | 0:02:54 | |
was beyond any "rational defence". | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
He also criticised the Prime Minister's response | 0:02:57 | 0:03:00 | |
to Mr Trump's executive order. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
Mr Jones says he'll raise the matter with Theresa May when they meet | 0:03:03 | 0:03:06 | |
tomorrow for the Joint Ministerial Committee. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:10 | |
Police have renewed an appeal for information | 0:03:10 | 0:03:12 | |
about the death of a baby boy - exactly a year after his body | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
was found in Newport. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
The newborn child was discovered on land near Imperial | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
Park in Coedkernew. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
He'd been wrapped in a white towel from the city's | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
St Anne's Hospice, and put in a black leather-style bag. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
Despite numerous appeals, Gwent Police have been unable | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
to identify the baby's mother. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:40 | |
Boxing, and the former light welterweight world champion | 0:03:40 | 0:03:41 | |
Amir Khan says Lee Selby needs a high profile fight to take his | 0:03:41 | 0:03:45 | |
career to the next level. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:46 | |
Selby said he was left almost in tears | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
after his IBF featherweight world title defence against | 0:03:49 | 0:03:53 | |
Jonathan Victor Barros in Las Vegas was called off with 24 hours to go. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:57 | |
There's talk Carl Frampton and Abner Mares - | 0:03:57 | 0:04:01 | |
the WBA super and regular champions - could be | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
future opponents. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
Selby's not really had that one big fight that | 0:04:06 | 0:04:08 | |
can make him that name, give him that name for | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
people to recognise him. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
And beating someone like Mares or fighting someone like the winner | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
of Santa Cruz and Frampton, will definitely take him | 0:04:16 | 0:04:18 | |
to a different level. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:24 | |
They are big names in the world of boxing and they have titles, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
so I think definitely by beating one of them big names. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:37 | |
Selby will be right up there. | 0:04:41 | 0:04:42 | |
A look at the weather forecast, and the rain will clear, | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
leaving a cloudy and mild night for all. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
There'll be mist, low cloud and fog over the hills. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:49 | |
Tomorrow will be a cloudy and mild day. | 0:04:49 | 0:04:51 | |
It'll look grey and murky from the start, with hill fog. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:54 | |
Rain will gradually spread north and east, though it will be lighter | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
and patchier than today. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:57 | |
Top temperature 10 Celsius. | 0:04:57 | 0:04:58 | |
That's Wales Today. | 0:04:58 | 0:04:59 | |
Good | 0:05:08 | 0:05:09 | |
Good evening. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:09 |