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Cancer charities excoriate Government
TL;DR: The Government is now being engulfed in a firestorm of protest over its decision not to fund 13 cancer treatments in this year’s Budget, breaking a clear election promise that will cost the lives of people who changed their votes to National on the basis of that promise.
An open letter today from 15 cancer charities to PM Christopher Luxon is politically devastating.
Meanwhile, there are more cases reported this morning of ‘penny wise and pound foolish’ decisions by the Government to freeze or block funding for water infrastructure and public transport infrastructure that will…
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