Andrew Dickens: Why don't National and ACT face the same pressures as Labour?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 5, 2026 · 1m · transcript

Labour finally released their fiscal plan over the weekend

It was much anticipated. In fact, commentator after commentator for weeks now have been demanding it

Now it’s being dissected, and mostly by the current coalition parties.

But here’s the thing: where’s National’s? And why don't they have the same pressure?

And how about ACT?

Yesterday I asked David Seyour what spending he will cut to afford the loss of revenue from the KiwiSaver tax exemption, and he said enough and their fiscal plan is forthcoming

What’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, so I would like to see these plans…