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MSD rejecting 220 pleas for food grants each day
Mōrena. Long stories short, the six things that matter in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Thursday, December 19 in The Kākā’s Dawn Chorus podcast above and the daily Pick ‘n’ Mix below are:
* MSD is rejecting almost one in every 16 requests for food grants, more than double the rejection rate last year after policies were toughened up under the new Government in an effort to save $12.7 million a year, RNZ’s Amy Williams reported last night. MSD figures show rejections rose to 60,579 in the nine months to the end of September, up from 36,945 in the same…
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