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Murray Edridge: Wellington City Missioner says low income earners are being unfairly hit by the cost of living

Hopes the poor will get a look in in today's Budget.

Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge says low income earners are being unfairly hit by the cost of living.

He's particularly concerned by the rising cost of food.

Edridge told Mike Hosking the Government can't rest on its laurels.

“We’re still seeing people, in fact, we’re seeing people worse off because of economic circumstances and Covid and all those other things.”

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