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SOEs may become seed funding for Labour’s Future Fund

UPDATED: Backed by Crown assets, the new fund is Labour’s first economic move as election year looms.

WATCH: Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds and Labour leader Chris Hipkins speak to media

UPDATE: State-owned enterprises may end up becoming the seed funding for Labour's proposed Future Fund.

Labour said it would map out the shape of the fund in a letter of expectations early in a new term, if the party won the next election.

Included in that would be a list of Crown-owned companies and

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