The Government has made a u-turn and promised to fund the cancer treatments that were left off last week's Budget.

During last year's election campaign, National campaigned on spending over $280 million on 13 treatments.

ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this has been a PR disaster for the Government.

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The Government has made a u-turn and promised to fund the cancer treatments that were left off last week's Budget.
During last year's election campaign, National campaigned on spending over $280 million on 13 treatments.
ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says this has been a PR disaster for the Government.
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