Weekly Hit: Budget script better than National dared imagine
Steven Joyce owes both Bill English and Andrew Little for the success of his first budget.
Fri, 02 Jun 2017
Steven Joyce’s first budget was a slam dunk.
Had, 10 days ago, the finance minister and National Party campaign chairman written a script of how he wanted the politics of the budget to unfold, his story could not possibly have been as favourable to the governing party as what occurred.
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