Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Ryan Bridge: Retail crime numbers are hurting the Government

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Every government is thinking ahead to when they next need to be re-elected.  There's a risk here that the government is taking when it goes for sanctions on beneficiaries, when it goes for tougher requirements and criteria when it comes to social housing, for example, and you're starting to see some kick back already in response to some of these changes.  If you're a centrist voter you might think those are reasonable expectations to put on social housing providers, to put on emergency accommodation criteria, to put on beneficiaries through sanctions or obligations.  You might think those things are reasonable.  On the other hand, you might think that seems a bit cruel. And actually, in an economy like this where jobs are hard to come by, I might find myself in that position. I don't want to have those types of obligations; I don't understand what those obligations are.  So, there is a political risk to doing it stuff, but it's bread and butter for National and it's bread and butter for ACT, this is exactly w