Hold future increases in government expenditure to the rate of inflation and population growth, projected at 3.6% per year
Use savings from existing expenditure to offset any need to increase expenditure in particular areas beyond above principle
Maintain a positive operating balance over the economic cycle

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Cap the size of the core bureaucracy in the first term of government, and ensure that priority is given to delivering frontline services that directly benefit New Zealanders
Limit new spending in its first Budget to the priorities we have identified in the election campaign and nondiscretionary pressures that cannot be deferred or absorbed
Require departmental chief executives to undertake a line-by-line review expenditure with the goal of identifying areas where savings can be made
Establish a Cabinet Expenditure Control Committee to oversee this process and to consider chief executives' reports on potential savings

There should be an end to the aimless restructuring of government services, a removal of unnecessary rules and regulations based on misguided political correctness, and a return to a public service ethic within the bureaucracy.
Spending will be directed to the provision of high quality education and health professionals, to improving free access to improved public education and health services, and to developing a life style that values our people, our environment, and that recognises our uniqueness

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