[ICYMI] Italy cuts anti-poverty subsidies as critics slam 'provocation'
Demonstrators with a puppet of Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, centre, at a May Day rally in TurinPOTENZA - Italy's right-wing government on Monday rolled back anti-poverty subsidies introduced four years ago that helped some four million people last year, as critics denounced a"provocation" on the international May Day labour holiday.
The new inclusion cheques, set to begin in January 2024, would cost around 5.4 billion euros annually, and be available only to households with minors, seniors 60 or older, and handicapped people. In decrees published Monday, her government also made it easier for companies to hire on short-term contracts -- which unions blast as keeping workers in precarious economic situations -- while promising tax breaks to firms hiring people benefiting from the new inclusion cheques.
Italy's INPS social security agency says the citizens' revenue benefited four million people last year, with an average monthly subsidy of 550 euros. Roberto Fico, a popular former speaker of the lower house of parliament, called Meloni's move a"provocation".
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