The Tidö parties set up a waste commission to go through state spending

Finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson (M) announced on Friday that the government and the Sweden Democrats are setting up an inquiry, presented as a "waste commission", to go through state spending and test what the state should do more and less of. The stated reasons are to secure higher defence spending and to levy no more tax than necessary. Åke Nordlander, director-general of the Swedish Export Credits Guarantee Board, becomes special investigator, with an interim report due by 12 March 2027 and a final report by 21 January 2028.

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