The Government has been caught in opposition to evidence once again as it looks to usher in tried, tested and failed work seminar obligations for job-seeking beneficiaries.

The Green Party is calling on the Government to do more for our households in most need as unemployment rises and the cost of living crisis endures. 

If the Government was serious about moving families into public housing, they would build more houses so there is actually somewhere for people to go. 

The National-led Government’s plans to arbitrarily increase benefit sanctions will have a lasting impact on the people who need our support the most.

The coalition Government has today conceded that it did not consider the impact of its benefit changes on children. 

The Social Development Minister, Louise Upston’s plan to increase benefit sanctions and decrease the rate at which benefits increase each year will make life harder for thousands and push more people into hardship.

Stats NZ unemployment data released today further highlights the urgent need for this government to step up and provide everyone with enough to get by.

The National Party’s job seeker policy announced today is heartless.

Only a party vote for the Greens will end poverty. ACT’S welfare policy announced today is as cruel as it gets.