Louise Upston: MP for Taupō wants to turn attention away from declining number of people on welfare

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 20, 2022 · 2m

National wants to turn our attention away from the fact the number of people on welfare is going down.

More than 21,000 people moved off a benefit and into work in the three months to September.

National's Louise Upston says the more important figure is that 35,000 more people are staying on a benefit for more than a year.

She told Kate Hawkesby the National party isn't willing to see people write their lives off and become welfare dependent.

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