Cliff Taylor
speaker
1,456 appearances
11 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 6d ago
Cliff Taylor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Spending just...
remains under pressure, keeps going.
And when the money's there, a lot of it is spent.
The only plus, I suppose, is that the money is still going into these two funds.
To give us a bit of leeway.
Spending went... Bananas.
Spending was 8%, 9%.
Yeah, I mean, some of that was post-COVID, but a lot of the money that was spent on COVID wasn't pulled back.
I suppose on the plus side there, he did put the legislation in place for the two funds, but nonetheless, you're right, current spending is...
has increased hugely.
And I suppose the question when you stand back is like, you know, in general, what have we got from this period of
of plenty in the public finances in terms of permanent improvement in services.
Not a lot.
Yeah.
In some areas, I suppose we've... Name three areas where we've had improved services.
Yeah, I probably couldn't, but I think the government's been, the state has been trying to keep up with a rising population and a lot of areas has failed.
That's the bit of national planning that just that fell through.
You know, the state has done well in building a lot of new schools, for example, around the country.
It seems to be in a fairly efficient process.
But in general, infrastructure spending has just came to a halt and we're kind of paying the price for it now.
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