John Key has announced a $152 million plan to create work, education and training opportunities for unemployed youth after the number out of work rose from 4000 last June to 17,000 this June.

Readers debate whether Paula Bennett was right to release the income details of two solo mothers.

An unemployed man used by Labour as an example of someone who would benefit from its dole policy owns properties worth hundreds of thousands.

Almost three times as many people are claiming the unemployment benefit as at the same time last year.