Basic income, pension reform not instant

(ANSA) - Rome, November 14 - The two flagship measures in next year's budget, a basic income for job seekers and a pension reform allowing people with a total of 100 between their ages and years of contributions to retire early, will no longer be "immediately effective", according to a new draft of the Budget Planning Document (DPB).
    The new DPB says they will be defined, instead, "with a connected law".
    The third main measure in the budget is a dual-rate 'flat tax' for small businesses and the self-employed.
    The government has sent the budget back to Brussels unchanged risking an infringement procedure for breaking the Stability Pact.