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Domestic Purposes Benefit Archive
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Why not send the children out work instead?
I can’t understand why National normally sounds so keen on having parents (mothers) stay at home with their kids, but is constantly coming up with ways to make it hard for them to do that if they choose to. Sue Bradford has been reminding people this morning of the risks that might come from National’s rumoured [...] read moreAugust 11, 2008 11:38 am - 106 Comments -
More on the Domestic Purposes Benefit
The Domestic Purpose Benefit was reformed in 2002. Before it was reformed the number of parents on the DPB had been slowly falling. They continued to fall after the 2002 reforms, from 100,652 in 2002, to 93,348 in 2006 (down 7.3%). The Ministry of Social Development’s Statistical Report notes: Since 2002, almost all working aged [...] read moreFebruary 25, 2008 3:17 pm - 26 Comments
