Henry Cooke and Thomas Coughlan10:05, May 04 2021
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Grant Robertson praises the resilience of the economy during the Covid-19 pandemic in a pre-budget speech on May 4.
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson will become the Government’s informal Minister for Delivery, thanks to a newly created “implementation unit” within the Government’s powerful Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, or DPMC.
The move comes after a term of Government in which several big-ticket plans fell apart as they were implemented - most notably KiwiBuild and light rail in Auckland – and is inspired by a unit set up by British PM Tony Blair.