Commenting on a Welsh Conservative Written Question revealing the eligibility of asylum seekers to claim £1,600 a month as part of the Labour Welsh Government’s ‘Basic Income Pilot’ scheme, Andrew RT Davies MS, Leader of the Welsh Conservatives said:
“Illegal migrants should not be getting a monthly payment in Wales, and this policy from Labour is nonsensical.
“The universal basic income scheme is a colossal waste of tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money and the eligibility of illegal migrants will act as an unacceptable pull factor to the benefit of evil people smugglers.
“Vaughan Gething should swallow his pride, admit this policy was a failure, and focus on the Welsh people’s priorities.”
