Bill English

Budget 2010 Speech. Audio

The Minister of Finance is adamant tax changes in today's budget will be fair for all. Audio

Businesses are still struggling to make profits with latest Treasury figures showing the government's tax take from companies has been weaker than expected. Audio

New Zealand's Finance Minister Bill English says there is nothing in the Australian tax review that will cause him to rewrite this month's budget. Audio

In what was touted as his biggest pre-budget speech, the Minister of Finance, Bill English, has announced another one point eight billion dollars will be cut from the public sector including health… Audio

The Finance Minister, Bill English, has today painted a bleak picture of the economy and more public servants are likely to lose their jobs as the Government continues to clamp down on its spending. Audio

Plans by the Government to ramp up its public/private sector partnerships could see work underway in the education sector as well as private involvement in building and running new prisons. Audio

The Finance Minister, Bill English, says his May budget will close the loopholes for people who reduce their taxes by playing the system. Audio

Listening to that was the Minister of Finance, Bill English. Audio

The Minister of Finance has no plans to loosen the purse strings, despite an improvement in the latest set of accounts. Audio

How is the government going implement its proposed tax changes? Audio

The Finance Minister has signalled a possible drop in the top tax rate to 33-percent, in a speech he's delivered in Auckland. Audio

The Finance Minister Bill English has been listening to that and he joins us. Audio

Tax is back on the Government's agenda for the start of 2010 with the Tax Working Group due to release its final report tomorrow. Audio

The Government wants frontline community organisations to take a greater role in delivering welfare services to struggling families. Audio

The Finance Minister has signalled a substantial revamp of welfare spending next year targeting at-risk families. Audio

Bill English is considering a fundamental revamp of how welfare is delivered to at risk families. Audio

The unemployment rate is expected to peak in the next three months but its still likely to be some time before the dole queue shortens significantly. Audio

Labour is asking Finance Minister Bill English not to play Scrooge and to loosen the budget purse strings following a better than expected economic forecast. Audio

The New Zealand economy is still in a hole - although the hole isn't quite as deep as first feared. Audio