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The Consumer Agency criticizes the S lottery: "Failed"
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The Consumer Agency criticizes the S lottery: "Failed"

The Consumer Agency directs criticism in a new letter towards S, SSU and S-women regarding the party's lottery. "The license holder has failed in its control and responsibility", writes the authority
Companies with the most complaints
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Companies with the most complaints

Expensive bills for cancelled subscriptions and fake invoices. Råd & Rön has listed the companies that have received the most complaints to the Consumer Agency so far this year
Associations in Protest: Civil Society is Being Silenced
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Associations in Protest: Civil Society is Being Silenced

The Consumer Agency warns of poor reflective vests
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The Consumer Agency warns of poor reflective vests

Many reflective vests are not visible enough in the winter darkness, shows an ongoing review from the Consumer Agency.
Now Black Week starts – here are five best tips
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Now Black Week starts – here are five best tips

Black Week is one of the year's most important weeks for the country's stores and an opportunity to find bargains. But there are also pitfalls, so read these tips before you go hunting
Break in Trend - Household Costs No Longer Rising
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Break in Trend - Household Costs No Longer Rising

After years of price increases, household costs are expected to remain unchanged next year. This assessment is made by the Consumer Agency in its annual forecast – which is used by everyone from banks to the government
Industry Alarm: 3 out of 10 below the Poverty Line
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Industry Alarm: 3 out of 10 below the Poverty Line

Seven out of ten in retail trade work part-time. Three out of ten thus have such a low salary that they fall below the poverty line
S-Lottery: We're Making a Profit Without Telesales
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S-Lottery: We're Making a Profit Without Telesales

When the S-lottery Kombispel was exposed with unfair sales methods, they cut off the largest source of new lottery sales - telemarketing. Still, the lottery corporation is making a profit
Avoid the Rebound Scam – How to Not Get Cheated
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Avoid the Rebound Scam – How to Not Get Cheated

Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Singles Day – the shopping orgies' time is now. But in the jungle of uppercase letters, exclamation marks and hysterical advertising voices, deceptions, fraud and pure scams are hiding
The Demand on the Social Democrats regarding the Lotteries: Hand over the Sales Script
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The Demand on the Social Democrats regarding the Lotteries: Hand over the Sales Script

The Consumer Agency is not satisfied with the Social Democrats' response regarding the criticized sale of the party's lottery tickets. The authority demands, among other things, to see the manuscript used during the sale
Wahlgren-linked company criticized - may cause electric shock
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Wahlgren-linked company criticized - may cause electric shock

"Prohibit Telephone Sales Without Consent"
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"Prohibit Telephone Sales Without Consent"

Prohibit telephone salespeople from contacting people who have not explicitly given their consent. This is proposed by the Consumer Agency's Director-General Cecilia Tisell on Dagens Nyheter's debate page
Recalls Basketball Hoop for Trampoline
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Recalls Basketball Hoop for Trampoline

Multiple authorities scrutinize lotteries
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Multiple authorities scrutinize lotteries

Both the Consumer Agency and the Gaming Inspectorate have opened supervision cases against license holders of three Swedish lotteries, in the aftermath of the S-lottery scandal. These include the Social Democrats, the Swedish postcode association, the Breast Cancer Association, and the Prostate Cancer Association
Pacifiers Recalled – Risk of Suffocation
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Pacifiers Recalled – Risk of Suffocation

The Minister Niklas Wykman on S-Lotteries: "Filled with Their Millions"
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The Minister Niklas Wykman on S-Lotteries: "Filled with Their Millions"

Minister for Financial Markets Niklas Wykman (The Moderate Party) directs sharp criticism towards the Social Democrats' lottery sales in a special debate in the parliament. Lena Hallengren seems so filled with the millions that are pouring into her party's coffers that she cannot see the desperation that exists among many elderly, he says
Children discovered the drowning at Skara Summerland
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Children discovered the drowning at Skara Summerland

Children discovered the drowning at Skara Summerland
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Children discovered the drowning at Skara Summerland

Toy Train Recalled – Serious Suffocation Risk
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Toy Train Recalled – Serious Suffocation Risk

Fabric Book Recalled – Risk of Choking
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Fabric Book Recalled – Risk of Choking

Telia terminates collaboration with teleservice company
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Telia terminates collaboration with teleservice company

S-Lottery Excluded from Industry Organization
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S-Lottery Excluded from Industry Organization

After the gaming scandal, the Social Democrats' lottery company Kombispel is now being excluded from the industry organization Kontakta. The aggressive way of selling lottery tickets contradicts the membership terms and values
Andersson on the lottery scandal: "Will clean house"
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Andersson on the lottery scandal: "Will clean house"

Party leader Magdalena Andersson (S) comments for the first time on the harsh criticism against the party's lottery sales. The party has acted when it became aware of the sales methods, she says
Allegations: The S-Leadership Was Aware of the Sales Methods
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Allegations: The S-Leadership Was Aware of the Sales Methods

The Social Democratic Party's leadership has, according to information to Dagens Nyheter, been warned that the party's lottery tickets are being sold using methods that cannot be defended, over a longer period of time.
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