Business of Government: second thoughts on social investment, the return of Simon Bridges and more...

Business of Government: second thoughts on social investment, the return of Simon Bridges and more...
Former National party leader Simon Bridges (right), here pictured with current National party leader Christopher Luxon, appears to be making the most of his political connections. (Image: NZME)
Jem Traylen
Rethinking social investmentAdmitting you got things wrong is usually hard, but housing minister Chris Bishop was up-front about the fact that it was a National government policy to try and manage disruptive Kāinga Ora tenants rather than evict them.Speaking at this week’s post-cabinet press conference, where Bishop and the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, formally announced that disruptive state house tenants now faced eviction, he said bluntly the Sustaining Tenancies policy “hasn’t worked”.The policy, announced by t...

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