Budget 2027, 5 billion to families: priority on the purchasing power of the most vulnerable

A shield for the purchasing power of families, "with particular attention to the most fragile ones". It is the priority that the 2027 Budget Plan has assigned to the next budget, and the table on the impact of the measures translates it into numbers: the item "Family policies and social spending" is worth 0.21% of GDP in 2027, around 5 billion, the largest among uses. The peso then drops to 0.12% in 2028 and 0.11% in 2029.

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The choice comes as incomes begin to lose ground again. In Monday's hearing on the Dpfp, Istat found that in the second quarter the disposable income of families grew by 0.4%, compared to a 1.4% increase in the consumption deflator: purchasing power thus fell by 0.9% compared to the previous quarter. The recovery of wages on prices, which had proceeded uninterrupted since the end of 2023, has also stopped: on average in 2026 contractual wages would grow by 2.5%, against an established inflation of 3.0%.

The attention of the Government, which at the moment has only laid down the skeleton of the next budget law, is on measures such as the confirmation of the 15% taxation on increases for night, holiday and shift work, within 1,500 euros per year, and the increase in the bonus for working mothers with two children and income under 40 thousand euros, from 60 to 80 euros per month. Also in the field is the maintenance of newborn bonuses, nursery bonuses and support for essential expenses, as well as the launch of the social security piggy bank for newborns.

For the most fragile families, the Dpb recalls the tools already operational: the inclusion allowance extended to previously excluded categories, the renewal of the "Dedicated to you" card for low-income families and the extraordinary contribution on bills for beneficiaries of the social bonus. According to Istat, in 2025 29.4% of families reduced the quantity or quality of the food purchased (31.1% in 2024), and the equivalent expenditure of the fifth of families who spend the most remains five times that of the fifth who spends the least.