Left Party wants more financial support for families

Sweden's Left Party is promising SEK 16 billion worth of measures aimed at families, including higher financial support.

The party wants, among other things, a baby bonus worth SEK 15,000 kronor when a family has its first child, increased child welfare benefits and a special benefit for single parents.

The package also includes a summer vacation card for young people, reintroducing additional housing benefits and more open preschools, where parents and their kids can come and go as they please. ...