A $50 billion Covid-19 rescue package poured out of the Crown coffers yesterday when the Government revealed its rebuild plan - but it's the $20 billion dollar blank cheque that's got the Opposition crying foul.
With just four months and four days untll the election, the National Party has labelled it a slush fund for election bribes.
The campaign has unofficially kicked off and even New Zealand First and the Greens started singing from their own songsheets within hours of the Finance Minister delivering his election-year Budget.
RNZ's political reporter Jo Moir has this story.
