The theoretical minimum subsistence level is not enough for most households to make ends meet, and must be "substantially raised," a commission tasked with evaluating the limit said in its first report. The report, released on Friday, is considered an important piece of advice for the government, which analyzes and adjusts the subsistence level every six months.
Two of the Cabinet's key advisory bodies have come out against the Cabinet's plan to make daycare and after school care virtually free for everyone. The plan will actually increase inequality of opportunity, and does little to ensure that more adults are able to enter the workforce, said the Netherlands Institute for Social Research (SCP) and the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB). A system that mainly includes support for lower income households and also for those who are unemployed would be more helpful, they said.
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