STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's centre-right government said it would spend more than 9 billion Swedish crowns (0.78 billion pounds) next year to improve schools, welfare and create jobs if it bucks the polls and is reelected on Sept. 14.
Both the Alliance government coalition and the opposition of the Social Democrats, Greens and Left parties - which lead by around 7 percentage points in the latest opinion survey - have promised additional spending to get more people into work, lower class sizes in schools and cut hospital waiting times.
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