29 Sep 2023

National party promises to spend and borrow less than Labour

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 29 September 2023

The National Party has confirmed its long awaited fiscal plan, pledging to spend and borrow less than Labour, through a range of savings and prioritisations.

It includes the billions of dollars needed for the party's tax plan, debt forecasts and a return to surplus in the same time frame as promised by Labour.

The package details extra spending for thousands of extra prisoners each year, and $2 billion less spent on benefit increases.

Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.