Today’s changes to benefits will only help those on
welfare to stand still amidst the cost of living crisis,
emphasising the need for the Government to do more to
support people into jobs, National’s Social Development
and Employment spokesperson Louise Upston says.
“The
only long-term path out of hardship is a stable job. Yet
despite record low unemployment, more people are on the
benefit for longer while businesses across New Zealand are
crying out for workers.
“There are 116,000 people
stuck on the unemployment benefit long-term – an almost
50,000 increase under Labour. The longer someone is on
benefit, the harder it becomes for them to reconnect with
the workforce.
“Worse still, Labour has allowed the
number of children growing up in benefit-dependent
households to increase by 36,000 under their
watch.
“Even Social Development Minister Carmel
Sepuloni acknowledged that children growing up in
benefit-dependent homes have worse outcomes compared to
their peers.
“If Labour doesn’t do something
urgently to bring benefit dependency down now, they risk
consigning an entire generation of Kiwis to a life of
subsistence.”
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So the America’s Cup defence is off to Barcelona. Supposedly, if you could drill a hole through Auckland to the other side of the world, you’d come out near Seville, barely a two hour plane trip from Barcelona. Right now, quite a few yachting fans would probably like to put Grant Dalton and Emirates Team New Zealand ( ETNZ) into such a hole, and seal it off. The rest of us are just happy to be rid of the thing…
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