LIST: The biggest spending proposals in Sweden's new budget

The first budget from Sweden's new government includes 40 billion kronor's worth of new spending proposals. Here are all of the most important ones.
State payment to municipalities: 6 billion
Increased tax rebate for elderly: 0.77 billion
Increased spending on professional education and apprenticeships: 0.45 billion
Tax cuts on petrol and diesel: 6.84 billion
Retaining higher level of A-kassa unemployment insurance: 5.8 billion
Increased defence spending: 5 billion
Increased spending on healthcare: 2.1 billion
Increased work travel rebate: 1.60 billion
Extra spending on schools: 1.59 billion
Increased spending on criminal justice: 1.43 billion
Charging points, hydrogen infrastructure: 1.09 billion
Increased road maintenance: 1 billion
More money for broadband: 0.6 billion
'Industriklivet' green industry subsidy: 0.6 billion
Extended bonus to housing benefit. 0.52 billion
'Klimatklivet' green subsidy (car charging points): 0.4 billion
Reduced fuel tax for work machinery: 0.38 billion
Subsidy to ESS particle accelerator: 0.36 billion
Increased tax cut for solar cells: 0.28 billion
Increased spending on sickness benefits: 0.21 billion
Money on protecting wetlands: 0.2 billion
Reduced tax on burning municipal waste: 0.41 billion
Increased funding for Migration Agency and Migration Court: 0.57 billion
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State payment to municipalities: 6 billion
Increased tax rebate for elderly: 0.77 billion
Increased spending on professional education and apprenticeships: 0.45 billion
Tax cuts on petrol and diesel: 6.84 billion
Retaining higher level of A-kassa unemployment insurance: 5.8 billion
Increased defence spending: 5 billion
Increased spending on healthcare: 2.1 billion
Increased work travel rebate: 1.60 billion
Extra spending on schools: 1.59 billion
Increased spending on criminal justice: 1.43 billion
Charging points, hydrogen infrastructure: 1.09 billion
Increased road maintenance: 1 billion
More money for broadband: 0.6 billion
'Industriklivet' green industry subsidy: 0.6 billion
Extended bonus to housing benefit. 0.52 billion
'Klimatklivet' green subsidy (car charging points): 0.4 billion
Reduced fuel tax for work machinery: 0.38 billion
Subsidy to ESS particle accelerator: 0.36 billion
Increased tax cut for solar cells: 0.28 billion
Increased spending on sickness benefits: 0.21 billion
Money on protecting wetlands: 0.2 billion
Reduced tax on burning municipal waste: 0.41 billion
Increased funding for Migration Agency and Migration Court: 0.57 billion
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