Childcare benefit scandal compensation plan will go ahead

Junior finance minister Aukje de Vries has confirmed that she is willing to invest a further €2.3 billion in a new method for compensating parents caught up in the childcare benefit scandal and that the total bill is likely to be no more than €3.9 billion. De Vries told parliament in a briefing that the outgoing cabinet will press on with the so-called Laurentien method, which compensates parents more quickly. However, she said, it will be up to the next...