Bill English

OPINION: Bill English's fourth Budget pinches the pennies, raids nearly every piggy bank and even plunders the Government's rainy-day fund. No-one, it seems, is safe – even kids with an after-school job have been frisked for extra revenue to help fill ...  

Bill English's 'Suck it up Budget' plucks a little from most Kiwis' pockets to help the Finance Minister reach his $197 million surplus by 2014/2015. But not sufficient to spike major outrage. Managing this trick is not an easy feat. But the Government has ...  

Finance Minister Bill English is about to tell Parliament in his Budget speech that the Government is still responsibly managing its finances, meaning it is on track to post an operating surplus in 2014/2015. This is a considerable achievement, says ...  

Thursday's ultra-orthodox Budget was sold by Bill English as the last word in fiscal rectitude. But it lacked one rather necessary ingredient. The Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister knew exactly what that was, because they were questioned ...  

Right in Finance Minister Bill English's backyard, Dipton School will be one of the beneficiaries of $7.6 million committed to the Enviroschool project in this year's Budget - although English himself does not appear to see it as worthwhile spending.  

Finance Minister Bill English is suggesting people who can't find a job move to Christchurch for the post-earthquake rebuild. English is being criticised for not doing enough for the unemployed, with Labour leader David Shearer saying the Government's job ...  

NEW Zealand Finance Minister Bill English yesterday handed down a budget targeting a slightly reduced deficit of $6 billion in the financial year 2012-13, and seeking to almost double the pace of growth to 2.6 per cent in 2012-13. The sale of up to 49 per ...  

Finance Minister Bill English says one-off enrolment of all workers not already in KiwiSaver will be competing with a number of other spending areas for money from the Government's planned surpluses. Before the election the Government said it would conduct ...  

Bill English's Budget is being described as an exercise in juggling the figures. Our political editor Barry Soper says the Finance Minister has taken with one hand and given with the other. There's $4.4 billion worth of spending, but Mr English achieves ...  

Finance Minister Bill English is continuing to rule out raising the retirement age despite renewed criticism over the mounting cost of superannuation. Figures in Thursday's Budget show the superannuation bill will equal total education spending by 2016 - a ...  

Finance Minister Bill English believes National will romp home for a third term. Addressing about 500 delegates at the National Party's northern regional convention in Auckland yesterday, the Finance Minister spoke of the confidence New Zealanders had in ...  

Finance Minister Bill English says yesterday's 5.2 earthquake in Christchurch could delay the rebuild of the city. Asked today on TV3's "The Nation", if the earthquake could cause another setback to the rebuild, Mr English said: "It's possible." "I mean ...  

Well look it's pretty moderate actually this budget it's reasonably tight, but we're not going down the road of some of the more dramatic cuts in public spending around the world. Just last week the Victorian government announced 4000 redundancies in its ...  

"The Government is making significant new investment in priority areas, while at the same time keeping a tight rein on growth in spending and public debt," Finance Minister Bill English said in a statement. Budget forecasts showed budget ...  

Q+A, 9-10am Sundays on TV ONE. Repeats of Q will screen on TVNZ7 at 9pm Sundays and 9am and 1pm on Mondays. Thanks to the support from NZ ON Air. I think that's a bit of an overreaction. Most New Zealanders would think the students are ...