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‘labour pledges power subsidies for beneficiaries – elderly’..

12/7/2017 By editor 1 Comment

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The Labour Party will help people on benefits and superannuitants pay for their winter power bills – if elected to government.

The scheme would give $700 a year for couples and parents with kids at home and $450 for single people.

Party leader Andrew Little said it would run from May to September each year and around one million people would benefit.

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Source: Labour pledges power subsidies for beneficiaries, elderly | Radio New Zealand News

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  1. John W says

    12/7/2017 at 12:37 pm

    Power subsidies will play right int the hands of energy corporate investors enabling them to raise prices as well as have increased demand. What the hell is Labour doing.
    Regulation is necessary and well overdue. We need less demand from the wasteful luxury sector.
    Labour is shrinking from taking the energy corps back to NZ Govt ownership and controlling prices.

    Energy demand has slowed which is good in itself but unfortunately the rising prices have hurt basic use by poor households and wealthy consumers are not effectively curbed with flat rates.
    Sensible use of our resources would demand a graduated price scale . Basic low rates for 1 to 2 units a day per person and an increasing scale for consumption above that. No corporate profit.
    Roger Douglas “user pays” for the public and “welfare support” for the investor still has not been rejected by Labour.

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