The Local Spain https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spain's basic income scheme hits backlog dead-end Three months after Spain rushed to launch a minimum basic income scheme to fight a spike in poverty due to the coronavirus pandemic, the programme is at a dead-end because of an avalanche of applications. https://www.thelocal.es/20200830/spains-basic-income-scheme-hits-backlog-dead-end Sun, 30 Aug 2020 11:26:17 +0200 spains-basic-income-scheme-hits-backlog-dead-end