Socialpolitik

Från den 1 juli börjar en ny lag gälla som kräver att personer med ekonomiskt bistånd deltar i heltidsaktiviteter. Uppsala kommun rustar nu för att erbjuda anpassade insatser till omkring 1 000 personer.

6 juni 2026 Rapporterad av AI

Junge Unions ledare Johannes Winkel föreslår att pensionshöjningen den 1 juli sänks till 3 procent för att finansiera den planerade höjningen av BAföG.

Prosperidad Social is urging elderly beneficiaries of the Colombia Mayor program to claim their 230,000-peso pension bonus before the January 12 deadline. New recipients started receiving the transfer from December 23 as part of the government's social protection strategy.

8 januari 2026 Rapporterad av AI

The Chilean government presented the Casen 2024 survey results, showing income poverty dropping to 17.3%, equivalent to nearly 600,000 fewer people than in 2022, under a more stringent methodology. However, the poorest households increasingly rely on state subsidies, which now make up 69% of their income. Extreme poverty stands at 6.9%, while multidimensional poverty falls to 17.7%.

In a report not yet public, the Conseil d’orientation des retraites (COR) suggests several scenarios to transform familial and conjugal rights, which compensate for inequalities related to childbirth and child education. These proposals, requested in May 2023 by Elisabeth Borne, aim to correct outrageous disparities while accounting for societal changes. Some situations would benefit, others would suffer.

15 november 2025 Rapporterad av AI

In a Le Monde op-ed, economist Rémi Jeannin and historian Arnaud Pautet warn against the misleading narrative of France's 'social debt' promoted by BPI director Nicolas Dufourcq. They argue that isolating the social portion of the public deficit makes little sense, as it is artificially created by the state. Their critique targets Dufourcq's book claiming 2,000 billion euros of debt stem from unfunded social benefits over forty years.