Friday, December 31, 2021
Families in Italy can submit applications for the new single universal child benefit from January 1st, as detailed in the government's 2022 Budget Law.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Wales has become the latest country to explore the idea of a universal basic income, which gives every adult a fixed amount of money, regardless of their employment status. Announcing plans for a pilot scheme was a bold move by the first...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2021
In a social context that we could fairly define explosive: 2.6 million unemployed, 17 million citizens at risk of poverty, 8 million poor people, 4.5 million in absolute poverty, 1.2 million of whom are children, the craze for UBI in Italy grew...
Monday, December 21, 2020
Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s most impoverished. So, experts are asking, why can’t they receive direct compensation and support?
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Africa, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda, Asia, Bhutan, India, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, Europe
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020
It’s been proposed, probed and pushed to the margins of the European Union for more than two decades. Now, as Europe reels from tens of thousands of coronavirus deaths and millions of lost jobs in the worst recession for generations, ministers from Spain...
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Europe, Italy, Portugal, Spain
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Wednesday, May 27, 2020
“We have to ensure that all people are guaranteed the satisfaction of their basic needs, so we need a common minimum income system to combat poverty,” said the three ministers of labour. Portuguese, Spanish and Italian government ministers are calling...
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Europe, Italy, Portugal, Spain
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Sunday, March 15, 2020
The Minister of Finance of Italy, Roberto Gualtieri, officially announced on Sunday (15) the terms of the economic package proposed by the government in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The package, according to the Italian press, includes...
Monday, May 6, 2019
Italy’s flagship welfare reform kicked off in busy but orderly fashion on Wednesday as thousands of poor and unemployed people applied in post offices and tax assistance centers for the “citizens’ income” scheme. Despite a steady flow of applicants...
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Italy’s populist government opened its new minimum income welfare program Wednesday, fulfilling a key campaign promise of the 5-Star Movement to try to reduce poverty and unemployment in the eurozone’s third-largest economy.
Friday, January 18, 2019
The Italian government has approved "citizens' income" and a new pension scheme, marking a major overhaul of the country’s welfare system.
The agreed reforms, providing income support for the poor and allowing people to retire earlier, are the...