Am not sure it is the case that you would have to spend 500 first, it would defeat the whole point of stimulating the economy.
The Scottish Govt are to trial an unconditional basic income for every person in a household, this was before COVID happened.
At best guess because the basic groundwork is already done on this, it would be a development of that trial (which has not happened as yet).
But Westminster are looking at ALL methods of stimulating the economy and the money suggested will just be one of these suggestions.
The current Westminster Govt run by Boris is a far cry from the cretins Cameron and Osborne….their ‘Austerity’ really screwed and divided the country.
Any giveaway will be unconditional.
What COVID really brought home was that the shop assistants, clinicians, transport workers are the MOST important people in the country and the millionaires and billionaires are the LEAST important.