‘Growth Budget’ = Growth In Poverty

‘Growth Budget’ = Growth In Poverty

More children will grow up in cold, damp homes without food on the table because of the decisions this Government has made today. Christopher Luxon has told New Zealand he doesn’t care about child poverty with this Budget.

‘Growth Budget’ = growth in poverty – Greens

The Government’s Budget is failing families in poverty by pulling the rug on young people receiving income support and allowing more children to go without enough food on the table. “This ‘Growth Budget’ will result in a growth in poverty, particularly for the vulnerable teenagers who have had support stripped away from them,” says the Green Party’s spokesperson for Social Development and Employment, Ricardo Menéndez March. “The Government has j…