The Government estimates saving 40 million euros in 2026 with the reinforcement of control mechanisms for fraud and undue payments in Social Security and the implementation of the ‘First People’ program, said this Friday, 7th, the Minister of Labor.
In the initial intervention during the hearing of the discussion on the State Budget proposal for 2026 (OE2026), the Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security indicated that the Government will “continue to reinforce the control mechanisms that prevent individual Social Security payments and prevent fraud” in the system, highlighting that this measure “together with the ‘First People’ program should allow very relevant savings for the public treasury over the coming years”.
“In 2026 alone we estimate savings of 40 million euros with the combination of these two measures”, explained Rosário Palma Ramalho.
On October 24, during the hearing within the scope of the general discussion of OE2026, the minister stated that the implementation of this program had made it possible to remove more than two million people from in-person Social Security services.
According to the minister, among the measures that will be implemented within the scope of the ‘First People’ program, with a view to “significantly improving the relationship between Social Security and people and companies”, is “the simplification of the declaration of remunerations to Social Security”, the measure of which will advance in January of next year, to reduce “the context costs of companies”.