UNIVERSAL benefits, such as free prescriptions and home care for the elderly, are fairer, easier to run, boost the economy and must be maintained if Scotland is to prosper, according to a new report.
UNIVERSAL benefits, such as free prescriptions and home care for the elderly, are fairer, easier to run, boost the economy and must be maintained if Scotland is to prosper, according to a new report.
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ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
The study, by left-wing think tank the Jimmy Reid Foundation comes as Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont challenged the sustainability of universalism.
The report said: "Universalism has produced the most effective society civilisation has yet achieved. We reduce that at our peril."
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