National has released its Families Policy and it contains some impressive changes to the status quo. For instance it extends the 20 hours free Early Childhood Education to Playcentres, Kohanga Reo and Pacific language nests. It's also promising to increase the number of Plunket or Well Child services for new parents who need extra help and to fund Plunketline. Labour has refused to properly include Playcentres within the ECE 20 hours policy.
While National fails to include income splitting for tax purposes there is a pledge for further tax reform. Parents Choice 08 does not see the National Party's family policy as being inconsistent with either its own policies or those of United Future if Saturday's election leads to a National-United Future government.
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