Overstretched children’s social care services have led to an “alarming” number of young people leaving the care system not in employment, training or education, with many rapidly becoming homeless, a...
The Welsh government will give more than 500 people leaving care a guaranteed income of £1,600 per month for two years to help them along in their transition to adulthood.
Young care leavers in Wales will have access to a minimum monthly payment from the government as part of a pilot scheme to test the effects a basic income might have on poverty, employment and health.
