Labour MP Jacinda Ardern talks to SHARON LUNDY of NZPA about the path to becoming Parliament's youngest current MP. Wellington, July 8 NZPA - Labour's youngest MP, Jacinda Ardern, is pretty glamorous, but her six months in New York were anything but a scene from Sex in the City.

This week Bill English put this country on a tough Budget driven diet of restricted spending, no tax cuts and minimal increases in social spending. All of this came at a time when John Key and Bill English differed over the objectives of the budget.

A little noticed anniversary passed largely un-noticed this past Sunday, that is the thirtieth anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher as UK Prime Minister.