ELECTION 2020: National eyes KiwiSaver to fund new businesses

ELECTION 2020: National eyes KiwiSaver to fund new businesses
Paul McBeth
The National Party wants the looming wave of unemployed to start up their own businesses, and will let them draw down on their retirement funds to get things going. Overshadowed by the prospect of major reform to the Resource Management Act, National leader Judith Collins today outlined the latest in her party’s plans to revive the pandemic-struck economy. If elected, National would introduce its BusinessStart policy to provide capital to the estimated 500,000 Kiwis out of work to set up their own businesses, starting with a $1,000 vouche...

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