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At least 254 million kroner has been paid out in dividends from private providers. The tally covers only 70 percent of commercial providers. Foto: Illustration: Karina Kofoed. Originalfoto: Thomas Borberg

Municipalities call it »deeply unfair« that owners of private social care providers have paid themselves a quarter of a billion kroner in dividends over the past five years.

Owners of private social care providers are taking out hundreds of millions of kroner in dividends

At least 254 million kroner has been paid out in dividends from private providers. The tally covers only 70 percent of commercial providers. Foto: Illustration: Karina Kofoed. Originalfoto: Thomas Borberg
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Over a quarter of a billion kroner.

That is how much money the owners of commercial social services have paid out in dividends to themselves or their companies over five years, according to a survey conducted by Local Government Denmark (KL).

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