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Council of State investigates its own statements after the benefits affair: 'It could have been different'
Bart Jan van Ettekoven: “It's incredibly unfortunate for the parents who have borne the brunt”. Image: Werry Crone The Council of State will investigate its own statements in recent years to see if, in addition to the...
Pieter Omtzigt and the benefits affair
A political battlefield: The benefits affair, where thousands of parents were wrongly suspected of child care allowance fraud, has ended up on a political battlefield. In addition, it is not yet clear which politicians are involved in this violence...
Over a wrong groove
About the wrong line “Not only legal rubbish, but also ethically reprehensible” NRC 5/1/2024: submitted letter from Derk Venema, about the role of the Council of State. During the Parliamentary Fraud Policy and Services Survey,...
Judges compete over the all-or-nothing line
Judges were often cut short by the Administrative Justice Department of the Council of State if they wanted to solve parents' problems. Geerten Boogaard May 26, 2023 The benefits affair has brought the necessary...
Benefits affair: secret advice from a national lawyer from 2009, public and how tragic that it was not followed
Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 17:12, analysis by Mr. Geert Jan Hamilton The National Attorney's advice on the revision of childcare allowance of December 18, 2009 covers eight sides, with a wide range of lines. So not much text at all, and also...
Honorary job for tax office boss, but victims of the benefits affair do not know where their children are
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