In March, the government presented a bill to freeze benefits. However, the proposal applied only to people who had already committed benefit violations and only to social insurance benefits.
Now the government wants it to be significantly more comprehensive. An investigation will be given an expanded mandate to examine whether people who have committed serious crimes, such as violent or terrorist crimes, should be barred from receiving any public benefits.
In order to be able to identify criminals more quickly, the investigation will also look at whether authorities such as the Swedish Social Insurance Agency and the Swedish Public Employment Service should be given greater access to criminal records.
The first part of the investigation will be presented on June 30, 2027, and the final report on April 30, 2028.
