Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has announced more policies will be scrapped to get Kiwis through the cost of living crisis.
The $568 million clean car upgrade is gone, the plan to nationally reduce speed limits has narrowed, and an extra $2 billion will be spent on a welfare package.
ZB's senior political correspondent Barry Soper says voters will have to wait until May to find out the full scope of the budget, but this refocus functions like a small-scale budget announcement.
Barry Soper says that the Government has kicked climate change funding down the road by deferring several transport plans.
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