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Briefly for all subscribers, the key things to know from Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Friday, July 25 are:

* I.D.EA. has proposed a jobs guarantee and ‘Jobs launchpads’ to connect 400,000 people looking for work with employers in a major new report. See more below in The Lead, the podcast and video above, Chart of the day and Docs of the Day below.

* Similar programmes in Europe have increased the chances of getting work by more than 20 percentage points and generated benefit-to-cost ratios of almost three to one. See more in The Lead and above.

* I.D.E.A. reports Aotearoa-NZ spends barely half the OECD average on these types of labour market policies. See more in Chart and Docs of the Day.

* National MP Sam Uffindell embarrassed PM Christopher Luxon yesterday when it emerged Uffindell had let slip that Luxon was considering adopting Labour MP Ingrid Leary’s private member’s bill to force retirement villages to pay out families faster, Benedict Collins reports for 1News. See Scoops Pick ‘n Mix below.

* The Government yesterday proposed banning Election Day enrolments, which allowed 110,000 people to vote in the 2023 election. David Seymour described those voters as “dropkicks”. See more in Number and Quotes of the day below.

* Today’s must-read is this deep-dive by Duoya Lu for RNZ: Builders slash quotes up to 50% to avoid collapse. See Picks ‘n Mixes below

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The Lead: ‘Double investment in back-to-work trampoline’