Calling existing targets ‘Budget Responsibility Rules’ doesn’t make them rules. “At minimum, Nicola Willis needs to be transparent about what taxes she’s planning to hike.” Nicola Willis should simply promise: no new taxes, no increases to existing tax rates, and no new levies designed to get around that promise.” “At the last election, Nicola Willis stood before voters and committed to cutting spending. They need spending restraint they can see, fiscal rules with consequences, and an unequivocal guarantee that National won’t balance the books by reaching deeper into someone else’s pocket.”