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Social Democrats promise free public transport for young people up to high school
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Social Democrats promise free public transport for young people up to high school

The Social Democrats promise free travel on public transport for young people up to and including high school, in the evenings, weekends and holidays.
Social Democrats seek KD backing for indexing healthcare funding to inflation
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Social Democrats seek KD backing for indexing healthcare funding to inflation

The Social Democrats promise to increase central government grants to municipalities and regions in line with inflation. S leader Magdalena Andersson hopes to get KD involved in a broad agreement on this, but receives a lukewarm response from KD leader Ebba Busch
Kristersson blasts proposed bank tax as S blames itself for higher mortgage rates
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Kristersson blasts proposed bank tax as S blames itself for higher mortgage rates

S wants to introduce a bank tax - but the banks are warning that it would lead to higher mortgage rates. “Then I think you should change banks,” S leader Magdalena Andersson tells SR Ekot
Social Democrats promise extra child benefit before Christmas and summer holidays
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Social Democrats promise extra child benefit before Christmas and summer holidays

The Social Democrats are campaigning on doubling child and student allowances before Christmas and the summer break. This would mean an additional 5,000 kronor per year for a family with two children
Social Democrats say they can cut waste and save up to 95 billion kronor in tax money
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Social Democrats say they can cut waste and save up to 95 billion kronor in tax money

The Social Democrats say it is possible to save up to 95 billion kronor in tax money over eight years. This would mainly be done through more efficient public procurement and by cracking down on the criminal economy
Social Democrats propose cross-party talks on tax reform if they win election
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Social Democrats propose cross-party talks on tax reform if they win election

The Social Democrats will invite cross-party talks on the tax system if they win the election.
Damberg rejects property tax as S outlines tax changes for high earners
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Damberg rejects property tax as S outlines tax changes for high earners

If Mikael Damberg becomes Minister of Finance this autumn, he wants to raise taxes for people who earn more than 67,000 kronor a month. Now it is the turn of ordinary people instead of continued tax cuts for people with high incomes, he says
Sweden promises higher pensions, hard work will pay off
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Sweden promises higher pensions, hard work will pay off

The Social Democrats are going into the election on higher pensions. It will particularly benefit people who started working early in life and people with physically demanding jobs who are unable to work until retirement
Social Democrats promise housing construction support if elected
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Social Democrats promise housing construction support if elected

The Social Democrats are promising support for 10,000 new homes in university towns and in areas where new industries are being established. This will give more young people the opportunity to pursue education and afford rent
Svantesson defends the support as temporary and targeted
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Svantesson defends the support as temporary and targeted

The government's billion SEK support for households and businesses has been criticized by leading economists and called "election pork" by the opposition. However, Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) defends the large loans
Social Democrats want to cooperate across blocs, even if they win the election
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Social Democrats want to cooperate across blocs, even if they win the election

S leader Magdalena Andersson wants to cooperate across the bloc on several issues after the election, even if she were to secure a majority.
The Green Party: The government is running gasoline populism
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The Green Party: The government is running gasoline populism

The government's new tax cut on gasoline and diesel is pure "gasoline populism," according to the Green Party. But the Social Democrats support the cut, despite the 7
The government lowers Swedish GDP forecast again
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The government lowers Swedish GDP forecast again

The government is significantly downgrading the growth prospects for the Swedish economy - for the eighth time. The Swedish economy is apparently not as Trump-proof as the Minister of Finance has claimed, says Mikael Damberg (S), economic policy spokesman
Issues dividing the red-greens in Sweden
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Issues dividing the red-greens in Sweden

The opposition parties agree that the government must do more to strengthen the Swedish economy. However, they are far from unanimous about what is needed
Social Democrats warn of inflation, want to increase support for families
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Social Democrats warn of inflation, want to increase support for families

The Social Democrats propose increasing child benefit by SEK 200 in their spring budget proposal. They also want a temporary SEK 500 increase in maintenance support starting July 1
Sweden invests 400 million kronor in electrification
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Sweden invests 400 million kronor in electrification

The Social Democrats are allocating 400 million kronor for electrification in their spring budget proposal.
Social Democrats demand commission for women's health, propose 300 million kronor
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Social Democrats demand commission for women's health, propose 300 million kronor

The Social Democrats want a commission established on women's health and propose allocating 300 million kronor for it.
V Congress: We will be part of a red-green government
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V Congress: We will be part of a red-green government

The V Congress gives party leader Nooshi Dadgostar its support for V to have a place in government in the event of a red-green election victory.
Social Democrats hold six ministers accountable, say government has been passive
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Social Democrats hold six ministers accountable, say government has been passive

The Social Democrats are calling six ministers to appear before a Riksdag committee. The reason is that they believe the government is not acting to counter the consequences of the war in the Middle East
Mikael Damberg says the government is wasting the Swedish people's money
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Mikael Damberg says the government is wasting the Swedish people's money

S and C think that the government is too optimistic in its forecasts for the Swedish economy. According to Mikael Damberg (S), the government is also wasting the Swedish people's money
The government wants to borrow billions to lower gasoline and diesel taxes
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The government wants to borrow billions to lower gasoline and diesel taxes

Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) wants to borrow money to lower taxes on gasoline and diesel and to fund electricity subsidies. The spring budget includes unfunded proposals totaling SEK 7
S demands no unfunded proposals in the spring budget
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S demands no unfunded proposals in the spring budget

S demands that the government not include any unfunded measures in the spring budget, which will be presented on Monday.
Food VAT is being reduced - this is how the Social Democrats want to pressure prices in the long term
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Food VAT is being reduced - this is how the Social Democrats want to pressure prices in the long term

The Social Democrats do not believe the reduced VAT on food is enough to lower prices. They want measures to increase the number of discount stores and boost competition
Take action in the EU to lower Swedish electricity prices
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Take action in the EU to lower Swedish electricity prices

S demands that the government push the EU to "decouple" Swedish electricity prices from European gas prices.
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