Ministry aims for 75,000 fewer welfare claims
The social affairs ministry and local councils have reached agreement to cut the number of people claiming basic welfare payments (bijstand) by 75,000 over the next four years.
The coalition programme drawn up by the new govenment had the less ambitious target of a 44,000 cut in claims.
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