V (Left Party) wants to
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V (Left Party) wants to end political horse-trading over municipal grants

Municipalities could better plan for the future and receive billions more for welfare if Sweden switched to a Norwegian model for distributing money, the Left Party says. It would be better than political horse-trading over state grants.

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Both V and the Social Democrats, as well as the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKR), want government subsidies to be adjusted annually to reflect wages and inflation. According to V, such an adjustment could have given municipalities a few billion more this year.

V also proposes that a commission be appointed after the election, with representatives of municipalities and regions, unions and employers, and experts. It will review the conditions and needs of municipalities, for example whether the elderly population is increasing and what it costs to meet those needs. The commission will produce data for a municipal bill from the government.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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