Child poverty on Key agenda

Friday, September 26th, 2014

Prime Minister John Key has asked his officials for fresh ideas on tackling child poverty.

On his first day back at Parliament since being re-elected on Saturday, Key said he had ordered Treasury and Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet officials to start presenting new ideas.

‘‘The recognition I think we all have is that there are some extremely poor children who are missing out,’’ Key said on Tuesday.

‘‘And so then the question is how do you resolve those issues, it’s not straightforward but there will be more you can do.’’ Continue reading

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