Tag: Proceeds of Crime Fund
Labour refuses to stop funding gang-led welfare programmes
By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga
Over the weekend it was revealed that, earlier this year, Labour declined to endorse a Cabinet paper that...
Police Minister rejects claim Government is “soft on crime”
Police Minister Poto Williams is defending the Labour Government's response to an ongoing crime wave that's seen local homes shot at in alleged gang-related...
Government votes down gang-funding ban bill
The Government has voted down a bill sponsored by Pakuranga MP Simeon Brown that would have banned taxpayers' money being given to gangs.
Brown's Public...
MP wants ban on public money going to gangs
A proposed law change sponsored by an east Auckland politician would prohibit the Government and its agencies from providing funding to organisations run or...