Does the Government have any money for this Budget? EXPLAINER: Depending on who you ask, and when you ask them, the Government either has no money for the upcoming Budget or all it could ever need. But governments do have significant levers to pull with their operational and capital allowances each year, typically in the low single-figure billions. This is basically new money that can be added to the ongoing spending (operating) and new money that can be spent on big new things (capital). In other words: Labour has allocated significantly more for both operating and capital expenses in each Budget than National did.

Source: Stuff May 01, 2018 05:35 UTC