State housing and Jobseeker stats give us a measure of the challenge to be met by the Luxon govt
Two sets of statistics prompted press releases from ministers keen to impress on the public that there is much to be done to remedy the mischief done by the previous government- and they are on a mission to put things right.
One set showed the Hipkins bunch was thrown out of office with 189,798 people reliant on Jobseeker Support – up 19,695 in just the past year.
