Thursday, 20 May 2021, 4:13 pm Auckland Action Against Poverty is frustrated about the so-called reversing of the Mother of All Budgets as the Labour government continues to introduce incremental changes to the welfare system. “The government had an opportunity to truly secure our recovery, by lifting benefits to liveable levels and fulfilling their promise to transform the welfare system. The $32-$55 increase to core benefits isn’t going to stop our whānau from needing to access hardship grants, and will continue to keep people and families in poverty,” says Auckland Action Against Poverty coordinator Brooke Pao Stanley. “The recommendations of benefit increases in the WEAG report are out-of-date, and