BRIEFING - The Balance of Power: The Minimum Income Guarantee and the devolution settlement

BRIEFING OCTOBER 2024 The Balance of Power: The Minimum Income Guarantee and the devolution settlement A roadmap to the Minimum Income Guarantee • Within the current devolution settlement, the • A new UK Government brings with Scottish Government can, and must, make it the opportunity for the resetting of a substantial contribution to the delivery of a intergovernmental relations with the MIG in S. [...] gap between the rhetoric of the MIG as Civil society must broaden the focus of our a transformational policy, and the reality advocacy to cement the critical role of the of implementation. [...] The Expert Group should consider least, the devolution of the administration of developing a roadmap to accompany the the Jobcentre Plus network and the budget publication of their final report, and civil and delivery of Access to Work would be society should utilise this approach in our useful for the delivery of the MIG. [...] BRIEFING The Balance of Power: The Minimum Income Guarantee and the devolution settlement Introduction Within questions of the deliverability of and equalities, may well be necessary in the the Minimum Income Guarantee (MIG), future to realise the full potential of a Minimum a key consideration is whether the Scottish Income Guarantee”. [...] Research majority of attendees felt that the Scottish by the Poverty and Inequality Commission Government must take action to further with people who were in receipt of the increase the value of the Scottish Child Scottish Child Payment found that the lack of Payment to at least £40.