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Kela paid out €17.5bn in benefits in 2025, with payouts expected to rise further

Kela chief Lasse Lehtonen returns to post after extended sick leave

Finland plans child benefits overhaul — flat rate of €100 a month until age 18

Kela offers over-65s private doc visits anywhere in Finland this summer

STT: Ministry proposing to expand private healthcare trial for over-65s

Finland revamps jobless benefits amid worst unemployment rate in EU

Kela chief Lasse Lehtonen on sick leave for rest of the year, board chair confirms

HS: Kela boss Lasse Lehtonen simultaneously on sick leave and work trip

Kela boss apologises over comments suggesting agency's workers were easily replaceable

Average student loan debt more than doubles to over €12k

Kela: Check the income ceiling on your 2025 tax card

Kela: Unemployment benefit expenditures grew by 5% in 2024

More infants, toddlers in daycare as parents' needs and attitudes change

Kela reimbursements for private doctor visits increase costs but fail to boost visits

Kela yet to distribute 2025 baby boxes amid Finland's falling birth rate

Government proposes bigger benefit for first child, splitting payments between parents

Kela plans to reduce service points and staff

Kela: Basic social assistance spending will exceed €1b this year

People with disabilities struggle to find affordable housing following rule change

Ministry announces unemployment benefits consolidation plan

Kela board picks Lasse Lehtonen as benefit agency's new boss

Finland plans to require 3-year residency to receive child home care benefits

Kela benefit payouts rose briskly last year

Tuesday's papers: Last-resort benefits, gold prospecting and cockroaches force restaurant closure

Kela receives 1.5m applications for last-resort benefits after cuts to other support

Tuesday's papers: Harsh welfare cuts, declining benefit fraud and bad rep brands

Thursday's papers: Ukraine's future, warming world, and Sámi National Day

Employment Minister Satonen throws hat in ring for Kela chief post

Thursday's papers: Kela seeks new chief, risky real estate funds and Lapland outbreak

Government plans drastic cuts to social assistance benefit

Kela warns Finns abroad they may soon lose national pension payments

Kela denies Christmastime annual vacation leave for its benefits workers

Half of single-parent families received housing support last year

Falling fertility rate prompts Finland to suspend baby box procurements

Kela adjusts reimbursements for private healthcare visits

Benefit payments may be delayed due to banking issues, Kela warns

Public funding for private doctors failed to reduce queues

Unemployment benefit cuts take effect on Monday; monthly support may drop by nearly €400

Finland sees surge in use of ADHD medication

Fewer applications for help despite rising prices, benefits agency Kela says

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