– This is an important day for the government. We are today launching a welfare boost for the whole country which will benefit families with children from north to south, says Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. Støre, together with Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvold Vedum (Sp) and Education Minister Tonje Brenna (Ap), showed up at St. Olav’s kindergarten in Sarpsborg on Tuesday to talk about the cut. The Prime Minister says the government in municipalities with population decline will reduce the price of day care to NOK 1,500. Vedum says the increased income from the ground rent tax last year has made it possible to lower the price of nursery places. The government has already made kindergarten free for children number three in kindergarten and above. Since there is also a sibling moderation of 30 per cent for the second child, the maximum price a family will have to pay for nursery school – regardless of how many children they have in nursery school at the same time – will be NOK 3,400 a month with the new prices, writes NTB.
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