Christopher Luxon: Government’s $350 million Transport Choices is a 'Slush Fund'
December 7, 2022
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“Labour MPs got a heads-up before anybody else asking them for projects in their area. It just seems deeply political and cynical,” Luxon said.
“It’s obviously a slush fund created with advanced notice to Labour MPs,” he said.
“That’s a really worrying development, if actually it’s about pork-barrelling and about politics, and actually you get projects happening in Labour seats, and you actually get Labour MPs being consulted before anything else.
“So it doesn’t smell right, it doesn’t feel right. I hope it’s not true, but it obviously looks like it has happened,” Luxon said.