Senior Political Correspondent Barry Soper wraps the political week.
We’re two weeks away from the Budget, the deadline by which government agency chief executives were asked to find 6.5 percent in savings.
But Chris Luxon says it doesn't end with the Budget -- he wants it to be the start of a permanent culture shift within ministries.
Barry Soper told Heather du Plessis Allan “Chris Luxon’s budget speech didn’t tell us much, except not to expect a lolly scramble.”
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