26 May 2020

Green Party says Government broke promise to overhaul welfare system

From Morning Report, 7:23 am on 26 May 2020

The Greens have accused Labour of breaking a core promise to overhaul the welfare system - a commitment made in the two parties' written agreement to form a government.

The gripe comes after a chorus of frustration from those on the left who say the government has entrenched a cruel and dehumanising two-tier welfare system in its lastet response to the Covid-19 crisis.

RNZ's deputy political editor Craig McCulloch reports.