Willis draws bright line to revive deteriorating books

Willis draws bright line to revive deteriorating books
The finance minister's mini mini mini budget. (Image: Getty)
Paul McBeth
Finance minister Nicola Willis hopes to plump up the government’s books, which are in a trickier position than the Treasury had been picking before the election.Accusing the previous Labour government of “economic and fiscal vandalism”, Willis unveiled a series of spending cuts among measures to bring the books back into surplus.Willis wants ministers to take out the razor and find more savings ahead of next year’s budget, with the 2017 headcount to inform their decisions.“Government spending is expected to have in...

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