'Universal' kid's benefit eyed (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, March 13 - The Senate finance committee is working on a bill to provide universal benefits for dependent children, including for the first time the self-employed and people who earn too little to pay tax, sources said Monday. They said the measure would cost an estimated four billion euros a year, added to the existing budget of 19 billion. The measure, political sources said, "aims to provide support for all no matter what kind of work they do".