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Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (S) is back as employment minister, responsible for the cash-benefit reform which she, despite the criticism, still stands firmly behind.

Minister on new help for cash-benefit recipients: It must not become a pretext

Minister of Employment and Equality Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (S) is once again in charge of her own much-criticized cash-benefit reform. Foto: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix
Minister of Employment and Equality Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (S) is once again in charge of her own much-criticized cash-benefit reform. Foto: Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix

Criticism rained down on Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen (Socialdemokratiet, S) when, as Minister of Employment in 2023, she was behind the controversial cash-benefit reform.

The aim of the reform was to simplify the rules and get more people into work, but according to experts, municipalities and social organizations, it also risks pushing some of the country’s most vulnerable citizens into homelessness.

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