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Dutch government resigns due to welfare fraud scandal

Dutch government resigns due to welfare fraud scandal
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Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands resigned along with his entire cabinet on Jan. 15. This came in the wake of an ongoing scandal where thousands of families were falsely accused of defrauding the government, according to BBC.

In 2005, the Dutch government passed the Childcare Act, which provided low-income families with money to pay for daycare and babysitting for their children. In 2012, the Dutch government ordered extra screening to prevent people who did not qualify from receiving the childcare benefit.

From 2012–19, over 10,000 families were accused of defrauding the Dutch government by receiving the childcare benefit illegally. The exact number of families is unknown but is estimated to be as high as 26,000. These families did qualify for the benefit, but small errors such as missing a signature on a form led to their cases being labeled as fraudulent.

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The childcare benefits scandal: voices of the victims

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Kristie Rongen says she is a pitbull who bites and won’t let go.
This 45-year-old from Lelystad is one of 20 families who have started a court case accusing five senior politicians of criminal negligence for their role in failing to prevent a childcare benefits scandal that has driven thousands to financial ruin. She believes and hopes that the repercussions mean that today the cabinet will fall.
‘What we parents want is that Rutte steps down and doesn’t come back,’ she says. ‘He is the head of the line, he let the ball drop, he attacked my children and they are still doing it. It is a scandal.’

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Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal — local media reports | News | DW

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the government would continue to lead the country's COVID-19 response team until elections already scheduled for March.

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Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal

Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal
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1/15/2021
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the government would continue to lead the country's COVID.-19 response team until elections already scheduled for March.
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Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, in power since 2010, still enjoys a high approval rating amongst voters in the Netherlands.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government stepped down on Friday after it emerged that officials had wrongly pursued thousands of people over welfare fraud.
Rutte called a Cabinet meeting in The Hague where ministers had to make up their minds on quitting just two months before a planned general election. Following the meeting, Rutte informed King Willem-Alexander of the government's resignation.

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Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal | News | DW

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said the government would continue to lead the country's COVID-19 response team until elections already scheduled for March.

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Child Welfare Scandal Topples Dutch Government

The Dutch cabinet has resigned following the release of a reporting condemning the government for its role in a child care benefits scandal.
This 2017 photo shows Prime Minister Mark Rute, center left, and Dutch King Willem-Alexander, center, posing with ministers on the steps of Royal Palace Noordeinde in The Hague, Netherlands. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (CN) — The Dutch government offered its resignation to the king on Friday after a report detailed its role in a 2019 scandal over the mismanagement of child care subsidies.
“Innocent people have been criminalized, their lives have been destroyed and Parliament has been incorrectly and incompletely informed about this,” Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a press conference following the announcement.

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Mixed feelings amongst wronged families on cabinet resignation

Mixed feelings amongst wronged families on cabinet resignation
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There were mixed feelings amongst the families who have been driven to financial despair by the unjust actions of the Dutch tax office in making them repay child benefit when the Dutch cabinet resigned today.
Roger Derikx, 49, a chef from Hoofddorp, who is one of 20 families who have filed charges for criminal negligence against five leading politicians after being labelled a fraudster and made to pay back €60,000, said it was now up to the electorate: ‘Rutte has taken responsibility for the Cabinet, not for his actions,’ he said. ‘Now it is up to people to vote on March 17 against him.’

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Kindergeld-Affäre bringt Regierung Rutte zu Fall | Europa | DW

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