strypey, (edited ) ACT love to complain about centralisation. Yet now they're replacing a decentralised school lunch program, where schools can determine how they use their lunch budget, with one where central government dictates what food they'll serve and who will supply it;
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/focusonpolitics/audio/2018937880/focus-on-politics-for-friday-10-may-2024But I guess they had to find some way to save face when they realised cutting the program entirely would be political suicide for the governnent.