Wales is to trial a new Universal Basic Income, paying members of the public a regular salary, regardless of their age, occupation or wealth status.
The new scheme is expected to be trialled this year and would pay a fixed sum which it believes would cover the basic of living.
First Minister Mark Drakeford said the pilot would "see whether the promises that basic income holds out are genuinely delivered" when put into practice.
Drakeford said a pilot would "need to be carefully designed to make sure that it is genuinely adding income for the group of people we are able to work with".
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