The PM promises tax relief in the Budget – but will it be enough to satisfy the Taxpayers’ Union?
The promise of tax relief loomed large in his considerations when the PM delivered a pre-Budget speech to the Auckland Business Chamber.
The job back in Wellington is getting government spending back under control, he said, bandying figures which show that in per capita terms, the economy is just 3 per cent larger than it was at the end of 2017, but government spending per capita has grown by more than 50 per cent.
