The Left Party's economic policy spokesperson Ulla Andersson believes that the Social Democrats focused on lowering taxes instead of securing welfare.

- This is tragic. Therefore, we have acted and demanded extra money. The Riksdag decided on this last week and unfortunately Fredrik Olovsson's party did not vote for the extra money. These savings that are happening now are a consequence of the Social Democrats prioritizing tax cuts before welfare, she says.

See more of the debate in the clip above.