Compensation to municipalities and regions

The plan requires that redistribution from state to municipality and region increase and that income and costs be distributed solidarily across the country, with special consideration for municipalities that cannot balance their budgets. The counter-proposal's demand for a review of the economic and operational consequences follows from that, since missing state support shifts the cost to municipal social assistance. The plan describes precisely this pattern, where local politicians are pressured when the state withdraws resources.

• increased redistribution to municipalitiesdecisive»Omfördelningen från stat till region och kommun måste öka och särskild hänsyn ska tas till de många kommuner och regioner som idag inte får ihop sin ekonomi samtidigt som de redan har bland landets högsta skatter totalt sett.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Redistribution from state to region and municipality must increase and special consideration must be given to the many municipalities and regions that today cannot balance their budgets while already having among the country's highest taxes in total.”
• solidary cost distribution»Inkomster och kostnader behöver fördelas solidariskt över landet.« (party programme ↗)“Income and costs need to be distributed solidarily across the country.”
• state financial responsibility»staten ta ett större ekonomiskt ansvar för att ge dem goda och jämlika« (party programme ↗)“the state take greater financial responsibility to provide them good and equal”
• costs shifted to municipalities»I takt med att skatterna på de mest förmögna minskat ökar trycket på lokal- och regionalpolitiker att höja skatten för att slippa skära ner ytterligare.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“As taxes on the wealthiest have decreased, pressure increases on local and regional politicians to raise taxes to avoid cutting further.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto promises to continue increasing state grants to municipalities and regions and to review the tax equalisation system so that welfare can be secured throughout the country. The counter-proposal wants the economic and operational consequences for municipalities and regions to be examined, since lack of state support shifts the cost to municipal social assistance. That lies in line with the plan's municipal economic commitment, and the plan therefore supports the demand.

• increased state grants to municipalitiesdecisive»Vi vill fortsätta öka statens bidrag till kommuner och regioner.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to continue increasing state grants to municipalities and regions.”
• review of municipal financing»För att säkra välfärden i hela landet behöver vi se över skatteutjämningssystemet, så att det garanterar offentlig service av hög kvalitet i hela landet, även i små kommuner som kämpar med sitt befolkningsunderlag.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“To secure welfare throughout the country we need to review the tax equalisation system, so that it guarantees public services of high quality throughout the country, even in small municipalities struggling with their population base.”
• equivalent welfare throughout the country»Alla invånare i hela landet ska ha likvärdig tillgång till skola, vård och omsorg.« (party programme ↗)“All residents throughout the country shall have equivalent access to school, care and services.”
• shared municipal responsibility»Alla kommuner, även de välbeställda, ska ta sin del av ansvaret.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“All municipalities, even the well-off, shall take their share of responsibility.”

The plan does not address any such review, but the nearest principle is that the tax system shall provide equal economic conditions for delivering municipal services throughout the country and that the state and municipalities have a shared responsibility for reception. If state systems do not intervene, the cost is shifted to municipalities, which undermines that principle and the strong safety nets the plan wants to build. Therefore, derived from this, the plan supports the requirement for an examination of the consequences for municipalities and regions.

• equal conditions for municipal servicesdecisive»Ett väl fungerande skattesystem ska ge likvärdiga ekonomiska förutsättningar att bedriva kommunal service i hela landet.« (party programme ↗)“A well-functioning tax system shall provide equal economic conditions for delivering municipal services throughout the country.”
• shared responsibility for reception»Staten och kommunerna har ett gemensamt ansvar för att människor som kommer till Sverige ska få en bra start i landet. Alla kommuner ska ha ett generöst och likvärdigt flyktingmottagande.« (party programme ↗)“The state and municipalities have a shared responsibility for ensuring that people coming to Sweden get a good start in the country. All municipalities shall have a generous and equitable refugee reception.”
• strong safety nets»Vi vill bygga skyddsnäten starka så att alla kan vara trygga och ingen lämnas utanför.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to build strong safety nets so that everyone can feel secure and no one is left out.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan is clear that state reforms should not burden the municipalities — preschool and recreational activities should become available for all without costs burdening the municipalities — and that the municipalities must have greater opportunities to take responsibility for migration's challenges. When state support is absent and the cost instead falls on municipal financial assistance, it follows from the plan that the consequences for municipalities and regions should be examined. The decentralisation principle presupposes that tasks and resources go together.

• costs should not burden the municipalitiesdecisive»Vi vill göra förskola och fritidsverksamhet tillgänglig för alla, utan att dessa kostnader drabbar kommunerna« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to make preschool and recreational activities available for all, without these costs burdening the municipalities”
• municipalities' conditions in migration»Kommunerna måste få större möjligheter att ta ansvar för dessa utmaningar.« (party programme ↗)“The municipalities must have greater opportunities to take responsibility for these challenges.”
• decentralisation»Decentralisera mera. Människor ska få bestämma mer själva, och politiska beslut ska fattas nära dem som berörs.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Decentralise more. People should have more say in decisions, and political decisions should be made close to those affected.”
• equivalent public service»Offentlig service ska vara nära och pålitlig i hela landet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Public service shall be close and reliable throughout the country.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan establishes that everyone has the right to equivalent quality in care, elderly care and social services regardless of place of residence and wishes to shift financial responsibility to the state to level conditions between municipalities. When state systems do not intervene and the cost instead falls on municipalities' economic assistance, a review of the consequences is in line with that commitment. The plan does not mention this particular group, so the coverage is derived.

• equivalent welfare throughout the countrydecisive»Oavsett bostadsort har individer rätt att få likvärdig kvalitet på vården, omsorgen, socialtjänsten« (party programme ↗)“Regardless of place of residence, individuals have the right to equivalent quality in healthcare, elderly care [and] social services”
• state financial responsibility»Vi vill skapa mer likvärdiga villkor och skatter genom att flytta finansieringsansvaret för bland annat skolan och LSS till staten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We wish to create more equivalent conditions and taxes by shifting financial responsibility for, among other things, schools and LSS to the state.”
• shared municipal reception»Alla kommuner ska kunna ta emot nyanlända.« (party programme ↗)“All municipalities shall be able to receive newly arrived [people].”
• maintenance support's role»Försörjningsstöd ska syfta till att hjälpa individer tillbaka till självförsörjning.« (party programme ↗)“Maintenance support shall aim to help individuals back to self-sufficiency.”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan explicitly requires that the financing principle is respected when the state imposes new tasks on municipalities, and that the state supports municipalities that cannot meet their statutory obligations. When state systems do not intervene, the cost lands with municipalities' social services. A review of the economic and operational consequences for municipalities and regions therefore follows from the plan, which also sees cost monitoring as an important political task.

• the financing principledecisive»enskilda människorna kunna lita på att deras lagliga rättigheter respekteras av kommunala organ. Finansieringsprincipen måste respekteras när staten ålägger kommunerna nya uppgifter.« (party programme ↗)“individuals can trust that their legal rights are respected by municipal authorities. The financing principle must be respected when the state imposes new tasks on municipalities.”
• state support to municipalities»Det är en statlig uppgift att stödja kommuner som« (party programme ↗)“It is a state task to support municipalities that”
• cost monitoring»medborgarnas intresse. Utvärdering, kostnadsuppföljning och kvalitetskontroll är därför viktiga politiska« (party programme ↗)“citizens' interest. Evaluation, cost monitoring and quality control are therefore important political”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The issue of a review of municipalities' and regions' costs for the group with temporary protection is not addressed in the plan. The closest principle is that public funds should be used sparingly and prioritized, both in the state and in municipal budgets, and that welfare benefits should be reached through qualification rather than expanded for newly arrived. The counter-proposal points toward increased public commitments for the group. Therefore the requirement is rejected, but with low confidence.

• respect for public fundsdecisive»Respekten för skattebetalarnas pengar ska vara en ledstjärna i både statens finanspolitik och i den kommunala ekonomin.« (party programme ↗)“Respect for taxpayers' money should be a guiding star in both the state's financial policy and in municipal budgets.”
• prioritization»Vi vet vad som måste göras – och vad som får vänta.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We know what must be done – and what can wait.”
• qualification for welfare»Införa kvalificering till välfärden för nyanlända genom eget arbete eller genom permanent och laglig bosättning i landet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Introduce qualification for welfare for newly arrived through own work or through permanent and lawful residence in the country”

The plan points out that costs for those not working erode welfare and are a strong factor behind municipalities' increasingly poor finances, and it wants to reduce costs for migration policy. Reviewing the economic and operational consequences for municipalities and regions is in line with that analysis and with the plan's requirement for clear reporting of public investments. The plan thus supports the requirement, without addressing this particular bill.

• migration costs pressure municipalitiesdecisive»Samhällets kostnader för de som inte arbetar eroderar välfärden och är en stark faktor bakom kommunernas allt sämre ekonomi och skattehöjningar.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society's costs for those not working erode welfare and are a strong factor behind municipalities' increasingly poor finances and tax increases.”
• reduced migration costs»Minska kostnaderna för migrationspolitik, bistånd, EU-bidrag och klimatåtgärder som kan göras mer effektiva« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Reduce costs for migration policy, aid, EU subsidies and climate measures that can be made more efficient”
• reporting of consequences»Begära tydliga resultat för varje offentlig satsning« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Demand clear results for every public investment”
• review of public expenditures»Se över offentliga utgifter och rikta om medel till välfärden och rättsväsendet« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Review public expenditures and redirect funds to welfare and justice”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.