Støre is accused of budget bluff – news Norway – Overview of news from various parts of the country

There will be political duels at the top when the Prime Minister meets today in oral question time at the Storting. Høyre’s Erna Solberg is first out, then the leaders of the other opposition parties follow in turn. During the hour and a half that question time lasts, several parties are expected to intensify their criticism of the government’s proposal for the state budget. THUMBS UP: One will be Jonas Gahr Støre on his way up to the Storting hall to hear the finance minister present the proposal for the national budget on Monday. Photo: Thomas Fure / NTB When the budget proposal was presented on Monday, the opposition was critical of what they perceived as pure overselling of several of the autumn’s biggest budget leaks. – Makes up the budget Ahead of question time, Venstre leader Guri Melby brings up Støre’s interview with news about the allocations for nature conservation – as one example. – The Prime Minister promises news before the budget that this will be the biggest investment in nature of all time, then the budget will come and natural resources will be cut by half a billion. Nature is being destroyed at a tremendous pace and the government is therefore spending its time on this, it is serious, says Melby. She believes that Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum did the same with his proposal on tax relief, where he operated with a total amount for the entire period, rather than only showing what is given in relief in the budget year 2025. – It will be impossible for people to know what votes and doesn’t vote. It appears dishonest, and does not give much confidence, says Melby and continues: – The government makes up its budget with selective use of numbers. In some cases, they sell out SV’s influence as theirs, in other cases SV’s influence does not exist – Bluffed people The Progress Party’s Sylvi Listhaug is on the same track. To news, she says it like this: – The government has bluffed people about canceling student debt, a massive investment in health, about tax cuts that turned out to be only around 1 kroner a day and a police investment that is being eaten up by increased pension costs and wage and price growth, says Listhaug. – If the government were a business, it would have been caught for misleading marketing, she continues. Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Sp) and Støre themselves have both rejected allegations of overselling in connection with leaks from the state budget. Published 09.10.2024, at 09.52 Updated 09.10.2024, at 09.57



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