The Budget on 16 May will confirm the Government remains on track to surplus in 2014/15, Finance Minister Bill English said today.

It will also confirm the need for responsible fiscal and economic management beyond then so the Government can start repaying debt and investing more in priority public services.

Finance Minister Bill English will present Budget 2013 on Thursday 16 May, he announced today.

“This will be the National-led Government’s fifth Budget in what have been extremely challenging global economic times,” he says.

“It will continue to implement the Government’s programme to deliver a more competitive and faster-growing economy, more jobs and a return to fiscal surplus,” he says.