A Budget aimed at not losing the election
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The late Sir Michael Cullen once said budgets don’t win governments elections, but they can lose them.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis must surely be considering that observation as she prepares to deliver her third Budget next week.
This will be no traditional election year budget in which the
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