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Coalition Of Campaigners Calls For Changes To Relationship Rules In Welfare System This Valentine’s Day

Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 9:20 am | Fairer Future Group

  A coalition of welfare advocacy and child poverty action groups is doing something a little different this Valentine’s Day. Fairer Future – a group that campaigned successfully for higher benefit levels ahead of the 2021 budget – is ... More >>

ACT Policy Monitoring People On Income Support "Punitive, Cruel And Discriminatory" - Advocacy Group

Monday, 11 September 2023, 4:15 pm | Fairer Future Group

Anti-poverty campaigners are calling out the ACT Party for proposing punitive policies that target people on income support. ACT Party deputy leader Brooke van Velden spoke on the weekend about ACT’s policy to undertake electronic monitoring of people ... More >>

Anti-poverty Groups Call For Support Package And Pause To Benefit Sanctions Following North Island’s Severe Weather

Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 12:00 pm | Fairer Future Group

A coalition of anti-poverty and welfare advocacy groups has called for urgent government action to support people affected by flooding in Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, and Waikato. The Fairer Future group - which called for increases in income support ... More >>

Time For Real Action In Budget For Low-Income Communities - Fairer Future Group Sets Out Seven-Point Plan Of Action

Monday, 2 May 2022, 5:42 am | Fairer Future Group

The Fairer Future group is calling on the Government to adopt a seven-point plan of action to support low-income New Zealanders facing the high cost of living. Two weeks out from Budget 2022, the plan of action, set out in ‘Seven Steps for a Fairer ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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