Huge boost for families with children in mini-budget, but say goodbye to tax cuts
(WorldNews Business)

ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF Minister of Finance Grant Robertson believes the poverty package is something to be proud of. Families with children will receive a serious financial boost from the Government`s new family package halfway through next year, with some receiving hundreds of dollars more a week. The package, which was fully revealed on Thursday at the mini-budget and will be passed with urgency before Christmas, cancels the previous government`s tax cuts and replaces them with more generous support for families with children, all set to be introduced by July 1 2018. By 2021, around 384,000 families with children will be better off by an average of $75 a week. This will move...