– The Right- and Left-wing city council has sent shock waves through Oslo’s population with massive welfare cuts. This is according to the Labor Party’s group leader in the city council, Marthe Scharning Lund. On Wednesday, the party presents its alternative budget. – There are cuts in leisure clubs, in kindergartens, in child protection and in substance abuse, yes, all over the world. We are showing a completely different direction for the city, where we put welfare ahead of tax cuts for those who have the most from before, she says. WORKERS’ PARTY: Marthe Scharning Lund is the party’s group leader in the city council. Photo: Hallgeir Braastad / news More property tax These days, the parties in opposition in Oslo City Council are launching their alternatives to the city council’s budget proposal. The proposals from Ap, SV, Rødt and MDG have two important common denominators: All will increase property tax All will give more to the districts This is happening at the same time that the city council parties are in tough negotiations with the Progress Party. One of the most important requirements for the FRP is less property tax and a bigger cut in tax than what the city council proposes. The Labor Party collects nearly half a billion kroner more in property tax. Here is the schedule for the various parties. Today’s property tax: 2.8 per thousand on housing with DKK 4.7 million. NOK in basic deduction. 3.7 per mille on nutrition. The city council’s scheme: 2.5 per mille on housing with 4.7 million. NOK in basic deduction. 3.7 per mille on nutrition. Gives 80 million NOK less income. The Labor Party’s plan: 3 per thousand on housing with 4 million. NOK in basic deduction. 3.9 per mille on nutrition. Gives 467 million NOK more income. SV’s scheme: 3.8 per cent on housing with DKK 4.7 million. NOK in basic deduction. 4.7 per mille on nutrition. Gives 691 million NOK more income. Rødt’s plan: 3.8 per thousand on housing with 4.5 million. NOK in basic deduction. 4.7 per mille on nutrition. Gives 774 million NOK more income MDG states that they have not landed a final model, but that the income should be roughly the same as under the red-green city council. More people have to pay SV’s scheme, which means that those with the most expensive homes and businesses are taxed far more heavily. AP’s model means that some people more than today have to pay. Marthe Scharning Lund still calls it the most moderate property tax in the country. In practice, the home must be worth NOK 5.7 million before you start paying. The scheme is the same as before the red-green city council left. – We feel that has been both accepted and understood, she says. PROTEST: There have been several demonstrations against the city council’s budget proposals this autumn. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / n22933 Worst in Søndre Nordstrand The city council has presented the worst cut budget in many years. The situation is most dramatic in Oslo’s 15 districts. Many of them have more inhabitants than medium-sized cities. The city council will give NOK 195 million less in next year’s budget as a so-called cheese grater cut. However, several of the districts are struggling with large deficits from before. The worst is in Søndre Nordstrand, which must save NOK 144 million next year. A number of districts are announcing cuts. It will affect kindergartens, senior centres, leisure clubs and other preventive measures for children and young people. The Labor Party is putting a total of 230 fresh million on the table for the districts. In addition, the party has several initiatives that affect children and young people. – Ensuring that all our children and young people have the opportunity to participate is extremely important. That’s why Will bets on free baths for three children together with an adult. We aim to cut training fees in sports. And we focus on holiday and leisure activities. – And not least getting the school meals back to 36,000 children and young people, says Marthe Scharning Lund. SCHOOL FOOD: Several parties want the free food back in the Oslo school (illustrative picture). Photo: Astrid Engen / news Cutting free school meals in secondary and upper secondary schools was one of the first things the new city council did when they took over. SV and MDG also want the free food back, MDG initially in secondary school. Other Labor priorities highlighted by the party’s group leader are 80 million for Team Oslo, i.e. tracking young offenders, and more staff at the nursing homes. SV increases SV increases the district pot to 380 million. In addition to zeroing out the cheese grater cut, they put in extra funds for, among other things, nurseries, youth jobs and the wellness centres. – The right-wing city council is skinning the district budgets to afford cuts in property tax, says group leader Sunniva Holmås Eidsvold. – It is our citizens who have to pay the price: young children, children with special needs, young people who are on the brink of exclusion. Those who are left with the profit are villa owners on the western edge, she says. SV: Sunniva Holmås Eidsvold is the party’s group leader in the city council. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news SV will also use money from property tax on housing in particular. The party will buy more municipal housing for the disadvantaged and offer more shared rental housing through Oslobolig. Red raises even more Red takes even harder. By increasing the property tax, the party furthest to the left has found room for a district investment of over NOK 700 million. – We put welfare and prevention first – something the Conservatives and Liberals do not do, says Rødt’s group leader in the city council, Siavash Mobasheri. RED: Siavash Mobasheri is group leader in the city council. Photo: Rolf Petter Olaisen / news The Green Party strengthens the district’s economy with just over NOK 200 million. They will spend a lot of property tax money on matters of their hearts. This means more pedestrian and cycle paths, a monthly pass for NOK 499 and a tripling of the investment to save the Oslofjord and take care of nature. – We want a greener and more social budget, says MDG’s group leader Sirin Stav. MDG: Sirin Stav is the party’s group leader in the city council. Photo: Bård Nafstad / news Published 04.12.2024, at 07.48 Updated 04.12.2024, at 08.01
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Property tax must provide for leisure clubs and provide free school meals – Greater Oslo
