Seymour's three big asks

Seymour's three big asks
Public sector efficiency is one of the key areas David Seymour wants to talk to National about. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
ACT party leader David Seymour has identified three key asks of National during the coming coalition talks, and they include spending cuts. With 98.7% of votes counted on Saturday night, Seymour's ACT party had secured 9% of the vote, including the electorates of Epsom and Tāmaki, 11 seats total – one more seat than they secured in 2020.Together with the National party's 50 seats, this would be enough for a National-ACT coalition to govern in a 121-seat parliament. However, special votes have yet to be counted and could yet c...

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