TLDR: An alliance of anti-poverty campaigners has called on the Government to proceed with internal discussions about forgiving the $3.5 billion in debt owed by one in ten New Zealanders to MSD, Inland Revenue and the Department of Justice, arguing its the single biggest move Labour could make to reduce poverty and stress.
The Government said it was considering the move, but it has been for several years and is wary of being accused by the Opposition of not being fair to “hard working Kiwis” who had repaid their own debts. Fairer Future’s Lifting the Weight report,1News
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