Good that Labour will keep BPS targets

The Herald reports:

Ardern is expected to release concrete targets for reducing child poverty in coming days, along with legislation intended to make the government accountable for measurable reductions and to allow public input on the government’s level of ambition.

While the government would maintain the previous administration’s innovation to have a set of high level Better Public Service targets, it would more explicitly target such issues as cold, damp homes and levels of absolute child poverty than the National-led government, which used proxy measures such as reductions in the incidence of rheumatic fever to signal improvements in both areas.

I’m pleased they will keep having BPS targets which measures actual outcomes, not just how much you spend. This is a vital piece of accountability that you can actually measure if policies and funding are having a desired impact.