L leader proposes tax cuts to help families shop without anxiety
Simona Mohamsson (L) is running on a platform that would give families with children 5,000 kronor more per month to spend.
Sweden
Helen Sjöholm’s key election issue: Where children go with their worries and vulnerability
Where will children go with their worries and vulnerability when we do not have a cultural school that welcomes them, and no youth centers or youth workers? That is artist Helen Sjöholm's question to cultural politicians. She is the next person in TT's summer series on cultural policy ahead of the autumn elections.
TV & film
Liberals want to scrap parents’ veto over student support measures
Sweden has the messiest classrooms in the Nordic region, according to the Liberals, who want to see an end to the chaos. One election promise is to remove parents' vetoes against support measures.
Swedish politics
SD and L want state-run personal assistance and higher compensation
Let the state take over responsibility for personal assistance and increase assistance compensation. This is what Jimmie Åkesson (SD) and Simona Mohamsson (L) propose in a joint statement on Saturday.
Sweden
Toussaint Chiza asks cultural politicians: How will Sweden stay a music power without rehearsal rooms?
If we continue to close down rehearsal spaces - how will Sweden continue to be a major power in the music world? That is the question artist Toussaint Chiza asks cultural politicians. He is the next person in TT's summer series on cultural policy ahead of the autumn elections.
Music
Liberals demand Riksdag debate after Left Party Pride slogan about police
The Liberals are requesting a special debate in the Riksdag after participants in the Left Party’s section of a pride parade shouted “all of Malmö hates the police”
Swedish politicsTop news
Liberals demand income tax cut of 30 billion kronor
The Liberals are demanding a reduction in income tax in the first budget after the election, party leader Simona Mohamsson says. The proposal would cost up to 30 billion kronor. She says it is a sharp demand in the upcoming blue-yellow negotiations.
Swedish politicsTop news
Åkesson: Here are the Sweden Democrats' new red lines
Jimmie Åkesson has several new red lines if the Tidö parties win the election: no deterioration in unemployment benefits and health insurance, and an expanded dental care reform. Now that we have such low immigration, we have the opportunity to start healing the country again.
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