The Local Sweden 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 More Swedes dependent on welfare payments An increasing number of people in Sweden are dependent on long-term social welfare benefits in order to survive, according to a new report from the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen). https://www.thelocal.se/20120907/43078 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:07:00 +0200 43078 Poverty on the rise among immigrants: study Two thirds of the people in Sweden relying long term on social benefits have a foreign background, while child poverty in the same group is becoming more and more serious, according to new reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20111202/37702 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:18:00 +0100 37702 Child benefits must be raised: Sahlin Mona Sahlin, leader of the Swedish Social Democrats, has argued in a speech that child maintenance support benefit levels must be raised if the left-wing coalition wins next year's election. The background for the proposal is that the economic crisis has hit single parents particularly hard. https://www.thelocal.se/20090816/21500 Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:50:00 +0200 21500