Finance ministry proposes raising retirement age to 70
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Finland's Ministry of Finance has put forward a proposal to raise the retirement age to 70 and eliminate home care support as part of its wider savings plan. The ministry also suggests reducing the number of well-being services counties and cutting corporate subsidies, emphasizing the need to adhere to the debt brake and forecasting that these measures could create 50,000 to 120,000 new jobs.
Separately, court proceedings are underway in cases involving alleged neglect of elderly care. One incident concerns an elderly couple where the woman died after being left without care for over a week. In another case, caregivers are facing charges after an elderly person died on the floor due to allegedly inadequate assistance.
Other domestic news includes an audit finding insufficient guidance for contract fire brigades, a court preparing to sentence a man accused of attempted child murder, and reports of active scammers employing new tactics. Discussions are also advancing on a proposal to merge Vantaa with Helsinki, potentially creating a city of one million.