Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:28 pm
The Council of Trade Unions welcomes the Government’s
investments in 2021 Budget released today. We
particularly welcome the spending on improving income
support which will reduce all poverty including child
poverty. However, the Budget should have gone further to
secure essential public services for New Zealanders, and to
deliver on the Government’s commitment to build back
better, said CTU Economist Craig Renney who was at
today’s Budget Lockup It was pleasing to see the
investment in rail, in Māori housing, and in restoring the
Training Incentive Allowance. These are signals that the
Government is committed to moving in the right direction for
Budget 2021 live: All the latest reaction and interviews with the major players
Budget 2021 live: All the latest reaction and interviews with the major players
The government has announced its 2021 Budget. Newstalk ZB and NZ Herald is bringing you full Budget coverage as well as analysis, reaction and a look into what it all means for Kiwis.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson, who today announced his fourth budget, had previously warned that this budget would reflect a balanced approach with an emphasis on careful fiscal management .
In the lead up to the big announcement today, the government did not give many hints on what was to come.
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By itself the programme, which is being worked on with Council of Trade Unions, is a significant change, however, along with the move to sector-wide wage bargaining announced two weeks ago, it’s part of a massive change to what employment will look like in New Zealand. And perhaps more importantly, what losing employment will feel like.
Press Release – Public Service Association Public Service Association members will celebrate todays Budget boosts for beneficiaries and low-paid workers, and the announcement of new programmes to tackle the housing crisis. The government has committed to raise weekly benefit rates between $32 and …
Public Service Association members will celebrate today’s Budget boosts for beneficiaries and low-paid workers, and the announcement of new programmes to tackle the housing crisis.
The government has committed to raise weekly benefit rates between $32 and $55 per adult, by April 1 2022 reaching or exceeding the recommendations of 2019’s Welfare Expert Advisory Group.
“PSA members choose careers in agencies like the Ministry of Social Development because they want to help people in need. Shamefully low benefit levels caused unnecessary suffering for thirty years, so we’re thrilled the government has today promised to end that dark legacy,” says union National Secretary Er