Government and politics
Filter by year:- Allowances for health care and childcare increase further
- Smallest increase in motor vehicle surcharge for ten years
- More trust and participation
- Expenditure on pension benefits continues to rise
- Dutch satisfied, but large contrasts between groups
- Sharp increase in public expenditure continues
- Expenditure on foreign policy dramatically down
- High proportion of the Dutch population trust their fellow men and institutions
- Revenue from sewerage charges doubled within a decade
- Social security cost 169 billion euro in 2009
- Sharp increase AWBZ costs
- Local and central government spend more on sport
- Sale of Nuon and Essent fattens provincial coffers
- Considerable increase tax proceeds from betting and gambling
- Modest rise foreseen for 2010 local taxes in large municipalities
- A realistic look at educational expenditure
- Local tax rates 2.6 percent up