Kerre Woodham: Minimum wage increase - sensible or cynical?

Best of Business · Feb 8, 2023 · 4m

Sensible or cynical?

Yesterday, the Prime Minister announced the first of the Government's policies it will be scrapping in a bid to win back the support of those who have become disillusioned by Labour's lack of action and incoherent messaging.

The TVNZ/RNZ merger has been scrapped for now. The hate speech reforms have gone back to the Law Commission. The Workplace Insurance scheme has gone, and in music to the ears of the unions and the lowly paid, the minimum wage has gone up again.

Now that will delight those who are struggling. Really though, who isn't struggling with the rising cost of…