"Every minute counts" in National's cancer commitment clean-up
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Government ministers hoping to bask in a post-Budget glow this week have instead been trying to tamp down the backlash to a big broken promise. The clock is now ticking for the coalition to correct its failure to fund 13 potentially life-extending cancer treatments beginning this year. In this week's Focus on Politics, Deputy Political Editor Craig McCulloch takes a closer look at National's broken cancer commitment - and considers how the government could put it right.
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