Benefit payment suspensions caused by processing errors at the Ministry of Social Development, which wrongly cut off main benefits and prompted apologies from Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Minister Louise Upston.
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real-world harm to vulnerable households
Upston says MSD took 'far too long' to spot and fix payment blunderdrafting flaw in benefit review law
Welfare botch-up shows the real-world cost of Govt’s rushed lawmakingStacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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