Budget 2023 includes $4b of savings and reprioritisation

Budget 2023 includes $4b of savings and reprioritisation
Finance minister Grant Robertson. (Image: Getty)
Rebecca Howard
Finance minister Grant Robertson told the Wellington Chamber of Commerce that Budget 2023 will include $4 billion of savings and reprioritization over the four-year forecast period.“For the most part, this funding has gone toward funding agencies’ existing cost pressures,” Robertson said.He will provide more detail when the budget is released on May 18 but noted, “these savings have been found across a wide range of areas, some of which have been well publicised already”.   "This kind of work is ongo...

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