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The education sector has had to come up with more than half of the $1.9 billion to fund new education initiatives over the next four years.

The 2010 Budget is a lost opportunity and a massive broken promise, says the Labour Party's finance spokesman David Cunliffe.

The Govt's decision to remove recognition for fully qualified centres 'dumbs down' the sector, early childhood educators say.

The full text of Finance Minister Bill English's Budget 2010 speech to Parliament.

The Govt has allocated just under $500 million annually to health - $250m less a year than the increase in last year's budget.

Politically safe, yet economically timid and fiscally vulnerable - that's the initial verdict on Bill English's second Budget.

The Budget avoids the potential trap of being too austere and fiscally virtuous too soon, when the recovery is still in a young, frost-tender stage.

New Zealanders earning over $50k will now be paying less tax than Australians after today's tax cuts.

"There is not much we would be critical of," says Business Roundtable executive director Roger Kerr. "The budget reveals sound steps but not step changes."

Owners of both commercial buildings and rental houses will no longer be able to claim depreciation on their investments.

NZ remains financially vulnerable, but there are positive signs emerging and the economy is on track to grow, Bill English says.

From October 1 all personal tax rates will be cut, ranging from 2 per cent for someone earning up to $14,000 to five per cent for high income earners.

Britain's beleagured Prime Minister Gordon Brown has made a big gaffe in the lead-up to the election.

The Government's bank balance is better than forecast ahead of next month's Budget, but its income from tax has taken a hit.