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	<span style="font-size: 12px;">PM&rsquo;s Office Minister Varathep Ratanakorn Thursday said all spending of funds from the government&rsquo;s central budget in cases of emergency and for other necessities such as the prime minister&rsquo;s official trips required the approval not only of the prime minister, but of the Cabinet as a whole.&nbsp;</span></div>
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	The Cabinet did not always grant such spending requests, he added.</div>
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	He was speaking in the Parliament during the Budget 2014 Debate.</div>
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