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David Seymour opposes unit to verify costs of political promises

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Publish Date
Fri, 4 Jul 2025, 5:43pm
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(Photo / NZ Herald)

David Seymour opposes unit to verify costs of political promises

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 4 Jul 2025, 5:43pm

Act's David Seymour says a unit for verifying the costs of pre-election political policy promises - would add more bureaucracy. 

Act and New Zealand First torpedoed a proposal by Finance Minister Nicola Willis to publicly fund such a service. 

National declined Labour’s offer of support. 

Seymour claims his Party managed to release a fully costed alternative Budget without it. 

He says he doesn't like the idea that people need bureaucracy to tell them what is good or accurate. 

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