Barbara Edmonds: Rehabilitating Labour's economic credibility after the cost of living crisis
Finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds says a re-elected Labour Government would have been willing to expand its planned public sector cuts to protect key programmes. The tax lawyer turned MP spoke on Interest.co.nz’s Of Interest podcast about the Coalition’s fiscal policy and her role in rebuilding the Labour Party after its election defeat. Part of that project will be rehabilitating the party’s economic credibility after presiding over a massive cost of living crisis. Ipsos’ February issues poll showed inflation, or the cost of living, was the number one issue facing New Zealand voters and…
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