Vänsterpartiet Proposes Boost in Child Allowance and Healthcare Funding in 2025 Budget
Vänsterpartiet's 2025 budget proposal emphasizes increased child allowances, additional healthcare funding, and modifications to electricity cost protections to support Swedish families and regional healthcare systems.
- • Vänsterpartiet proposes raising the child allowance by 400 kronor, costing about 9 billion kronor yearly.
- • The party plans to inject 10 billion kronor into regional healthcare to counter insufficient government support.
- • Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson is accused of failing to provide promised resources to regions.
- • They suggest reducing the electricity high-cost protection from 1.50 to 0.75 kronor per kWh in winter.
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Vänsterpartiet has unveiled their 2025 budget proposal focusing on increased financial support for families and the healthcare sector in Sweden. The party suggests raising the child allowance by 400 kronor, an initiative estimated to cost around 9 billion kronor annually. Additionally, they propose allocating 10 billion kronor to regional authorities to address ongoing healthcare challenges, a move prompted by their criticism of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson's government for not delivering promised resources to regions. Vänsterpartiet's spokesperson Gabrielsson stated, "It is a promise that he has clearly failed on. Households have been stripped by the government's budget, the margins have been erased." Furthermore, the party is advocating for halving the electricity high-cost protection during winter months from 1.50 kronor per kWh to 75 öre to ease households' financial burden amid rising energy costs (Source 89618).