NZ treats the less well off primarily as categories to be endlessly measured rather than as problems to be solved, Bill English says
Rob Hosking talks about Bill English on poverty on NBR Radio, and on demand on MyNBR Radio.
Rob Hosking Wed, 27 May 2015
Finance Minister Bill English has hit back at critics of the government's budget measures to lift welfare benefits who say the changes do not do enough to eradicate poverty.
Mr English's seventh budget, delivered last week, surprised many by including the first real increase in benefit levels
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