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<i>Grant Bradley:</i> Power companies wary about taking plunge

Adult literacy classes fall to budget cuts

Adult literacy classes fall to budget cuts

State spend keeps building afloat

Think twice about PPPs before jumping in, warns Binns

Key softens on holiday perks

National and Labour party leaders say they will not stand in the way of an inquiry into MPs' travel perks - but neither make the first move.

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English determined to catch up with Australia

<i>Matt McCarten:</i> Field's fall from grace not a stand-alone case

<i>Kerre Woodham:</i> Gravy train on the skids

<i>Cartoon:</i> A face-saving operation

Colleagues cautioned Carter on expenses

Carter: I'm the victim of 'malicious misinformation'

Labour MP Chris Carter has come out swinging after facing criticism as his party's second-biggest spender.

Carter breaks Labour gag on spending

Labour MP Chris Carter has defied a gag and come out swinging after facing criticism as his party's second biggest spender.

Key says rules for former MPs outdated

Prime Minister John Key says he had assumed access to parliamentary perks for former MP Taito Phillip Field would be nullified after his conviction.

Field still entitled to claim travel perks

Former MP Taito Phillip Field is still entitled to travel perks despite being convicted of bribery and corruption.