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By: Newstalk ZB Staff | Latest Political News | Thursday September 13 2012 13:21
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Labour is suspicious of the motivation behind the Government's valuation of the welfare system. The study found the lifetime cost of the current beneficiary population is $78 billion. Labour MP Jacinda Ardern says such valuations have a history of being unreliable. "Cabinet papers suggest this was a first step in a wider plan. Now they know how much the future liability is, that if the Ministry of Social Development doesn't perform and reduce those future liabilities, that they could see a cut in their baseline funding," she says. Photo: NZ Herald |
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