"It not only will affect the growth and the economic development, but it will have a severe consequence especially on the disaster emergency relief funding that will be required,"
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However "the onlyemergency" at the moment was "the prime minister and the Chancellor have gone wobbly over the coverage of their Budget", she said.
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