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Every year, the Netherlands implements several new and modified laws and regulations on January 1. Many of these have a serious impact on people’s wallets and on household purchasing power as a whole. While some of these rules have been finalized, there is still some time for politicians to finish work on regulations and laws this year. The Tweede Kamer starts the winter recess on December 22, while the senators in the Eerste Kamer walk out the door two days earlier.

The Cabinet is increasing the minimum wage and social benefits on Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. This was announced by Minister Carola Schouten (Poverty Policy) and State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations) at a press conference on Bonaire. This was in response to the recently published report of the Thodé Committee. It had found that one in three islanders cannot make ends meet, although a large proportion of them work.

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The outgoing Cabinet is taking additional measures to prevent people from accumulating problematic debts to the government. For example, government agencies will cooperate better in collecting debts so that people with multiple outstanding debts do not fall below the poverty line as debt collections continue to pile up.