Survey: Government failing to reduce inequality in Finland

Survey: Government failing to reduce inequality in Finland

Image: Roni Rekomaa / Lehtikuva A majority of social and health care professionals believe that inequality has increased in Finland over the past 10 years, suggests a newly-released survey by SOSTE, an umbrella organisation for social and health care NGOs.

It found that a majority of respondents believed that inequality had increased over the past 10 years. They also determined that the centre-right Sipilä government had failed in its bid to reduce inequity. Last autumn, Prime Minister Juha Sipilä admitted that his government’s policies had disproportionately affected the poor.

Some four out of five social workers said that the government had […]

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