Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers
4 years, 3 months ago

Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers

Dutch News  

There is little criticism of the government’s 2021 spending plans in the morning papers, with most approving of the decision to keep on spending to head off the impact of coronavirus. ‘But no-one is talking about making cuts and putting up taxes, now that coronavirus has plunged the Netherlands into an economic crisis of unheard off proportions,’ the paper says. ‘This crisis, the worst in almost 100 years, may well demand more ambition from The Hague.’ Let us be clear about this,’ the paper says. And in an editorial, the paper says the government’s strategy for coping with the financial impact of coronavirus is a ‘sensible’ one. ‘This cabinet is seizing its last opportunity to prove itself,’ the paper says, in a reference to next March’s general election.

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Spending power to dominate Tuesday's budget as leaks continue
2 years, 3 months ago

Spending power to dominate Tuesday's budget as leaks continue

Dutch News  

Spending power is set to dominate Tuesday’s budget, with the government poised to spend €16 billion averting the worst of the impact of soaring inflation, leaks to the Dutch media show. The average family is set to have 3.9% more to spend next year, although this will not offset the average drop of 6.8% this year, according to the government’s …

Spending power to dominate Tuesday's budget as leaks continue
2 years, 3 months ago

Spending power to dominate Tuesday's budget as leaks continue

Dutch News  

Spending power is set to dominate Tuesday’s budget, with the government poised to spend €16 billion averting the worst of the impact of soaring inflation, leaks to the Dutch media show. The average family is set to have 3.9% more to spend next year, although this will not offset the average drop of 6.8% this year, according to the government’s …

Opposition and coalition parties urge action to prop up spending power
2 years, 11 months ago

Opposition and coalition parties urge action to prop up spending power

Dutch News  

MPs will hold a second day of debate on the new government’s plans on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s call for measures to restore spending power levels. Coalition parties joined forces with the opposition on the first day of the debate in urging the government to make sure people are not left worse off by soaring inflation and to honour its coalition …

Opposition and coalition parties urge action to prop up spending power
2 years, 11 months ago

Opposition and coalition parties urge action to prop up spending power

Dutch News  

MPs will hold a second day of debate on the new government’s plans on Wednesday, following Tuesday’s call for measures to restore spending power levels. Coalition parties joined forces with the opposition on the first day of the debate in urging the government to make sure people are not left worse off by soaring inflation and to honour its coalition …

Spending review: Rishi Sunak’s extra £55bn to fight Covid brings bill for the disease to £12,000 per household
4 years, 1 month ago

Spending review: Rishi Sunak’s extra £55bn to fight Covid brings bill for the disease to £12,000 per household

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And the scale of the economic emergency wrought by the pandemic was laid bare in …

Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers
4 years, 3 months ago

Budget 2021: 'little alternative to boosting spending' say the morning papers

Dutch News  

There is little criticism of the government’s 2021 spending plans in the morning papers, with most approving of the decision to keep on spending to head off the impact of coronavirus. ‘But no-one is talking about making cuts and putting up taxes, now that coronavirus has plunged the Netherlands into an economic crisis of unheard off proportions,’ the paper says. …

Dutch gov't not transparent about corona crisis costs: Council of State
4 years, 3 months ago

Dutch gov't not transparent about corona crisis costs: Council of State

NL Times  

The government is not being transparent enough about the costs of the coronavirus crisis, and what the billions of euros in support packages now will mean for the next generation, the Council of State said about the 2021 Budget. "Nobody is talking about what it all costs," Council of State president Thom de Graaf said to NOS. "At the moment, …

The 2021 budget: The impact of coronavirus, news, views and reactions
4 years, 3 months ago

The 2021 budget: The impact of coronavirus, news, views and reactions

Dutch News  

The government published its 2021 spending plans on Tuesday. The king’s speech, in English Budget focus is on strengthening the economy, finance minister says The government’s 2021 spending plans are focused on keeping the economy strong now and into the future, despite coronavirus, finance minister Wopke Hoekstra told MPs on Tuesday afternoon. Criticism, optimism and wrong priorities: Mixed reactions to …

The 2021 budget: The impact of coronavirus, news, views and reactions
4 years, 3 months ago

The 2021 budget: The impact of coronavirus, news, views and reactions

Dutch News  

The government published its 2021 spending plans on Tuesday. The king’s speech, in English Budget focus is on strengthening the economy, finance minister says The government’s 2021 spending plans are focused on keeping the economy strong now and into the future, despite coronavirus, finance minister Wopke Hoekstra told MPs on Tuesday afternoon. Criticism, optimism and wrong priorities: Mixed reactions to …

Ministers don’t need to make cuts or up taxes to pay for Covid crisis: economists
4 years, 4 months ago

Ministers don’t need to make cuts or up taxes to pay for Covid crisis: economists

Dutch News  

Despite the billions of euros the cabinet is investing in combating the impact of coronavirus, ministers do not yet have to put up taxes or make spending cuts, according to a group of leading economists. The 10 economists, who were talking to ING bank two weeks ahead of the presentation of the 2021 budget, say there is ‘more than enough’ …

Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has proposed establishing an EU emergency fund to cover the immediate health costs associated with the coronavirus outbreak and, according to Trouw, is prepared to contribute around €1bn. The fund, prime minister Mark Rutte said during Wednesday’s debate in parliament, would be filled by contributions by member states and would be a ‘gift to those in need’ rather …

Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn
4 years, 9 months ago

Dutch propose EU corona medical fund, will contribute up to €1bn

Dutch News  

The Netherlands has proposed establishing an EU emergency fund to cover the immediate health costs associated with the coronavirus outbreak and, according to Trouw, is prepared to contribute around €1bn. The fund, prime minister Mark Rutte said during Wednesday’s debate in parliament, would be filled by contributions by member states and would be a ‘gift to those in need’ rather …

Netherlands willing to contribute €1 billion to EU coronavirus fund
4 years, 9 months ago

Netherlands willing to contribute €1 billion to EU coronavirus fund

NL Times  

The Dutch government is willing to contribute up to 1 billion euros to a yet-to-be-established European fund aimed at dealing with the coronavirus, Minister Wopke Hoekstra of Finance said. "I am thinking roughly of a few hundred million to 1 billion euros," Hoekstra said to NU.nl on Wednesday. Hoekstra stressed that the Netherlands is and will remain vehemently against so-called …

UK seen boosting funds to fight virus in Johnson’s first budget
4 years, 9 months ago

UK seen boosting funds to fight virus in Johnson’s first budget

Al Jazeera  

The UK’s budget which will be unveiled on Wednesday is the first after Johnson’s party won the 2019 election. Sunak, in the job for less than a month, will deliver the first budget of Prime Minister Boris Johnson‘s government against a backdrop of slumping stock markets and a rush by global policymakers to pump more stimulus into their economies. A …

2020 budget: Opposition parties hope for quick wins in spending plan debate
5 years, 3 months ago

2020 budget: Opposition parties hope for quick wins in spending plan debate

Dutch News  

The opposition parties are set to demand more money for education, higher profit taxes for multinationals and higher taxes for wealthy individuals in two days of debate on the government’s 2020 spending plans. Money should also go to cutting the own risk element in healthcare, frozen this year at €385 and on putting up the minimum wage by 2.5%, the …

2020 budget: The good news show divides the Dutch papers
5 years, 3 months ago

2020 budget: The good news show divides the Dutch papers

Dutch News  

Was Tuesday’s budget a just division of prosperity or a spend-thrift cabinet making empty promises and storing up trouble for later? ‘The cabinet is letting go of the strict budget rules in place since 1994… partly to finance the pension and climate accords but also to make the people a present of billions… But it would not be the first …

2020 budget: Opposition parties hope for quick wins in spending plan debate
5 years, 3 months ago

2020 budget: Opposition parties hope for quick wins in spending plan debate

Dutch News  

The opposition parties are set to demand more money for education, higher profit taxes for multinationals and higher taxes for wealthy individuals in two days of debate on the government’s 2020 spending plans. Money should also go to cutting the own risk element in healthcare, frozen this year at €385 and on putting up the minimum wage by 2.5%, the …

2020 budget: The good news show divides the Dutch papers
5 years, 3 months ago

2020 budget: The good news show divides the Dutch papers

Dutch News  

Was Tuesday’s budget a just division of prosperity or a spend-thrift cabinet making empty promises and storing up trouble for later? ‘The cabinet is letting go of the strict budget rules in place since 1994… partly to finance the pension and climate accords but also to make the people a present of billions… But it would not be the first …

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