https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's Green Party has discarded its long-standing policy of a guaranteed minimum income, or 'citizenship income', according to a decision at the party's congress in Västerås in eastern Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20130526/48144 Sun, 26 May 2013 12:48:00 +0200 48144 On May Day, Social Democrat leader Stefan Löfven promised to put all young Swedes to work and to scrap the centre-right coalition government's programme for the long-term unemployed. https://www.thelocal.se/20130501/47656 Wed, 01 May 2013 17:27:00 +0200 47656 Social Democrat congress delegates have supported the party's proposal to introduce compulsory preschools for children from the age of two and to make high school mandatory. https://www.thelocal.se/20130406/47176 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 16:42:00 +0200 47176 According to the latest polls, the Social Democrats are winning back voters from the ruling conservative Moderates and are gaining growing support among male and urban voters. https://www.thelocal.se/20130401/47070 Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0200 47070 The Social Democratic Executive Committee will hold an extraordinary congress before its next annual congress, but a date for the additional meeting has not yet been determined. https://www.thelocal.se/20100925/29244 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 16:02:00 +0200 29244