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National promised a “back pocket boost” when it unveiled a tax package before the election, and now in Government in tough economic times its Budget next week will sort the easy promises from reality.The tax bracket changes and other in-work and family payment adjustments might need to land with a thump rather than a flutter for hard-pressed Kiwi households – but that isn't easy to achieve.-------Recommendations:Tim - A great exchange in the House on housing between Kieran McAnulty and Chris Bishop. Watch here.Emma - David Seymour's inner circle, by Audrey Young in the Herald.Marc - The Return of Evan Price, by Emma Hatton on Newsroom. -------The Raw Politics panel this week, Newsroom senior political writer Marc Daalder, politics and business writer Emma Hatton and co-editor Tim Murphy, look ahead to a Budget that will put the confident Finance Minister Nicola Willis and her new Labour counterpart Barbara Edmond to the test.The panel weighs the gains and losses from the mass layoffs in the public service as the coalition parties make good on their promise to cut what they called a bloated sector. Do back-office cuts really allow those in the front line to keep doing their jobs effectively? The example of the corporate world would suggest not.Our reader question asks why the National-led Government axed the first home grant suddenly (spooked by a Newshub scoop that it was going). And the panel discusses former PM Bill English's radical proposals to change our public housing landscape. The bottom line is we won't have as many state houses, or as much Crown-owned housing land after this process is underway.

The Chairman of Agribusiness NZ, and brother of former PM Bill English, comments on He Waka Eke Noa and the Climate Change Committee, e-gaming and why farmers should treat their bodies like their tractors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why are we giving immigrants superannuation, asked a nationally broadcast current affairs host who should know better this morning.Well, Mr Populism, preying on people’s basic instincts, it’s because they’re New Zealand citizens or residents.  But obviously in his eyes there two types of New Zealanders: the ones he thinks deserve to be here and the ones he thinks don’t deserve to be here, even if they’re totally legal. This is the worst dog whistle broadcasting and it’s also the worst dog whistle politics.Honestly, if you don’t like older immigrants who qualify getting the super, then don’t let them in in the first place. This is an immigration debate, not a superannuation debate.  If we’re going to have a superannuation debate, then let’s talk about the elephant in the room.NZ Super is a universal social welfare benefit paid to older New Zealand Citizens and Residents. Universal. It has been since the day it started.  $800 a fortnight for a single and $1300 for a couple.It has nothing to do with how much tax you’ve paid before you turn 65. If it was then the people who paid the most tax would get back more super than the ones who paid less tax, further exacerbating the divide between rich and poor.The taxpayers of today pay a universal benefit to ensure the older generation does not starve or freeze. Which is why it gets difficult when the proportion of taxpayers reduce and the number of pensioners increase, which is exactly what is happening now with the baby boomers hitting retirement age.To combat that problem, some countries started to raise the age of the pension to 67. It also takes into account that we live longer these days. But in New Zealand, we refuse to countenance this. It was John Key who drew the line in the sand and said he’d never raise the age. All while allowing hundreds of thousands of immigrants into the country, many close to pension age, ironically putting even more pressure on his stand.It’s only been two years but it’s turned into political poison. Jacinda Ardern made a commitment to 65 before the election.  In 2017, PM Bill English said the age would start to slowly rise. In 20 years time. Or 2037. Or when the baby boom bulge is starting to peter out. That was a policy that was not really a policy.  A stand that was not a stand.No party will come out and say let’s raise the age now even when the argument makes perfect sense. Because New Zealanders are too married to their own entitlements no matter how hard it becomes for the entire system. They say millennials are entitled but there’s nobody more entitled than someone who’s within coo-eee of the super.

It's official, Jacinda Ardern is now Prime Minister and has been sworn into office. Meanwhile former PM Bill English is moving into opposition with Paula Bennett where they will become the thorn in Labour's backside they need for the next 3 years.

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. For the next three weeks we've gone political, asking the leader of each political party currently in Parliament for their best money tip for the average person.Today, it's Prime Minister and National Party leader Bill English. Hosted by Frances Cook.Politicians are always banging on about the economy. Who has the better understanding of it, how they’re the person to get our economy running hotter, why the other guy’s ideas are stupid.Which is all well and good, but what about on the day to day level?Do our politicians remember what it’s like to be the little guy like you or me, and are they keeping an eye on the issues affecting our lives? How hard it is to make ends meet? Maybe even a few suggestions on what we can do for life to be a bit easier?Money issues touch every part of our lives, and I want to know what the people in charge think about it.So, I had a chat to the Prime Minister and National Party leader Bill English, about the lessons he learned running a Government budget that he applied to his own life.He talked about the value of keeping it simple, not fooling yourself by putting off expensive problems for the future, and how he learned the hard way not to spend more than he earns.For the interview, listen to the podcast.Still to come: United Future leader Peter Dunne, Labour leader Jacinda Ardern, and Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters declined an invitation to take part.Already out: Green Party co-leader James Shaw, ACT leader David SeymourHave a question about this podcast, or a suggestion for next time? Come and talk to me online. You can find me on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/ , and Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesCook . Don’t forget, you can subscribe to this podcast here and on the Apple podcasts app https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/cooking-the-books-with-frances-cook/id1247311946 .

Each week the NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB's Cooking The Books podcast tackles a different money problem. For the next three weeks we've gone political, asking the leader of each political party currently in Parliament for their best money tip for the average person.Today, it's Prime Minister and National Party leader Bill English. Hosted by Frances Cook.Politicians are always banging on about the economy. Who has the better understanding of it, how they’re the person to get our economy running hotter, why the other guy’s ideas are stupid.Which is all well and good, but what about on the day to day level?Do our politicians remember what it’s like to be the little guy like you or me, and are they keeping an eye on the issues affecting our lives? How hard it is to make ends meet? Maybe even a few suggestions on what we can do for life to be a bit easier?Money issues touch every part of our lives, and I want to know what the people in charge think about it.So, I had a chat to the Prime Minister and National Party leader Bill English, about the lessons he learned running a Government budget that he applied to his own life.He talked about the value of keeping it simple, not fooling yourself by putting off expensive problems for the future, and how he learned the hard way not to spend more than he earns.For the interview, listen to the podcast.Still to come: United Future leader Peter Dunne, Labour leader Jacinda Ardern, and Maori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters declined an invitation to take part.Already out: Green Party co-leader James Shaw, ACT leader David SeymourHave a question about this podcast, or a suggestion for next time? Come and talk to me online. You can find me on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookJournalist/ , and Twitter here https://twitter.com/FrancesCook . Don’t forget, you can subscribe to this podcast here and on the Apple podcasts app https://itunes.apple.com/nz/podcast/cooking-the-books-with-frances-cook/id1247311946 .

Join New Zealand Broadcaster, Stu Frith and American Journalist Victoria Gaither for news and talk. On today's show, the two discuss PM Bill English conversation with President Donald Trump, What's making headlines in social media, the National Press Club New Zealand and local events happening in Foxton Beach. Join Stu and Victoria weekly at 9 am www.icradio.online

Get all of your news, weather, and music on International Connection Radio with Stu and Victoria on News Talk, tune in every morning at 9 am on www.icradio.online Today, we talk NFL Superbowl 51, PM Bill English awaits call from President Trump, Alababa opens in Australia and New Zealand and New Zealand schools pushing gender neutral uniforms.