Løkke: ‘Too little, too late’
Opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen accused the government of ‘dragging its feet’ in the controversial child benefit debate, after Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt announced that she’s now willing to discuss whether the allowance…
MoreConservatives: Student grants are a bigger problem than child benefit
The Conservatives have warned that SU (State Education Fund) grants to foreign students are a far bigger drain on state finances than child benefit. Party whip Brian Mikkelsen characterised child allowance as ‘petty…
MoreCut employment schemes and invest in real jobs says Løkke
State-funded employment schemes could easily be cut by up to DKK4bn, opposition leader Lars Løkke Rasmussen said yesterday after Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt dismissed Liberal demands for cutbacks as ‘complete nonsense’. The Liberal…
MoreSecret Bilderberg Group to hold meeting in Denmark
The shadowy Bilderberg Group, a network of political and business powerbrokers from Europe and the USA, will gather in Denmark next month. The group, which conspiracy theorists have linked to the 1970’s oil…
MoreNew education test: 1 in 5 Danish teenagers can’t change a light bulb
20 per cent of all Danish schoolchildren are so inept at solving simple, everyday problems that they would have difficulty working or taking further education. That’s the rather sombre conclusion of the latest…
MoreNordic-African cooperation on green growth
Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Martin Lidegaard, hosted a Nordic African foreign ministers meeting in Brussels, Tuesday, alongside Carlos Lopes, Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, to discuss green and…
MoreProductivity Commission publishes final report
The Productivity Commission has published its final report, containing 25 recommendations and 100 concrete proposals that, if implemented, could according to chairman Peter Birch Sørensen give Denmark’s GDP a DKK14bn boost by 2020….
MoreOpposition says no to property tax hike
The Liberals and Conservatives have vowed to fight any move to increase property taxes, as suggested by the Productivity Commission, but are enthusiastic about possible income tax cuts. The Conservatives’ tax spokesman, Brian…
MoreGovernment ready to cut punitive duties on business
The government is preparing a new stimulus package that will include a reduction of business sector duties by around DKK15bn ahead of 2020, Berlingske has learnt. After the Productivity Commission recommended a change…
MoreOne in four immigrants is on welfare
One in four immigrants, or descendants of immigrants, lives off social benefits, leading to calls for more stringent entitlement rules. Figures provided by Employment Minister Mette Frederiksen for the Committee for Integration Policy,…
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