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Can Labour develop a coherent and credible tax and fiscal plan?

ANALYSIS: It sold a capital gains tax policy badly in 2011 and 2014, fudged it in 2017 and avoided it in 2020 and 2023.

WATCH: Political editor Brent Edwards speaks with Jonathan Mitchell.

Brent Edwards Thu, 19 Sep 2024

Recent comments by Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins about tax have prompted a renewed excitement from news media about the party’s likely policy.

But Hipkins has said little different to what he told NBR in an interview in March when he signalled a significant shift in Labour’s tax and fiscal

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Brent Edwards Thu, 19 Sep 2024
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