Dear John --



Today, Grant Robertson delivered his 5th Budget, and it confirms New Zealand is going backwards under Labour faster than ever.



More and more Kiwis are falling behind each week, squeezed by growing costs, and a Government that refuses to offer them meaningful income tax relief while ramming through the biggest spend-up in New Zealand's history.



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With inflation at a 30-year-high of 6.9 per cent and prices running laps around wages, Kiwis are experiencing the worst cost of living crisis in a generation. The forecasts today show inflation is expected to be rampant for years to come.



Labour’s cost of living package is a temporary band aid. The squeezed middle are paying the price for Labour’s economic mismanagement and if you are on the average wage or higher, you get nothing under Labour. Under National’s tax plan, someone on the average wage would be better off by $860 every year.



Labour’s spending addiction also means the books are going backward.



Not content with a $6 billion spending spree, they’ve raided future budgets – spending $2 billion from Budget 2023 and $0.4 billion from Budget 2024. And that’s before you count climate spending and the cost-of-living bandaid – which are on top - taking the total spend-up to more than $9 billion per year of government spending.



And despite smashing the record for government spending, outcomes are going backwards. They’ve added more than 10,000 bureaucrats to the public service, yet outcomes are getting worse.



Under Labour:



- wait times for surgery and specialist assessments have blown out

- literacy and numeracy achievement rates have hit alarming lows

- and violent crime and gang numbers have exploded



New Zealand is going backwards, fast. We simply cannot afford this Labour Government.



A National Government I lead will deliver for the squeezed middle, and provide meaningful, long-term relief from the crippling cost of living crisis.



Regards



Christopher



Christopher Luxon

Leader







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