Labour's Little promises to back NZ small business in drive to lower unemployment

Labour's Little promises to back NZ small business in drive to lower unemployment
By Paul McBeth Jan. 28 (BusinessDesk) - Labour Party leader Andrew Little is targeting small business owners as a key plank in dragging down New Zealand's unemployment rate to the lowest in the developed world in his first major speech as the leader of the Opposition. New Zealand's biggest long-term risk is economic security, and the best way to address that is providing a standard of living that accompanies well-paid employment, Little said in a speech to a business audience in Auckland. To achieve that, he said he will make small bus...