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Budget must balance spending restraint with Govt’s growth agenda

Labour’s Barbara Edmonds says Thursday’s Budget must prop up the economy; Auckland Business Chamber’s Simon Bridges says austerity will not be enough.

WATCH: Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds speaks with Brent Edwards.

Brent Edwards Mon, 19 May 2025

The Labour Party’s finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds argues this Thursday’s Budget needs to do more to prop up the economy.

But, in a speech last week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis was adamant the Government had to reduce the size of its deficits and get debt under control, because net debt

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Brent Edwards Mon, 19 May 2025
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