Conservatives to set out plan for £47bn of cuts to public spending

Kate WhannelPolitical reporter
Getty ImagesConservatives will then offer offers to reduce the expenditures of the people for prosperity, aid and civil servants, which the Shadow Chancellor will say that he would save $ 47 billion for five years.
Sir Mel Stide, in his speech to the party’s conference in Manchester “is expected to claim that we can not continue to spend money anymore” is expected to say.
Bids, “low -level mental health problems” to stop the demand for welfare demands and reduction of the number of civil servants by approximately 132,000, a decrease in a quarter.
Sir Mel will say that his party’s assistance expenditures will reduce £ 7 billion to 0.1% of national income.
Almost a year has passed since the conference in Manchester was elected as a party leader of Kemi Badenoch.
The party, reform in the last 12 months, England and This year’s local elections suffered heavy defeats.
During the conferences that started on Sunday, the conservatives hopes to depict themselves more competent and more reliable than their political competitors – especially in public expenditures.
In his conference speech, Sir Mel will say: “We must overcome government expenditures.
“We cannot stability unless we live in our vehicles.
He continued: “We are the only party that takes this. The only party that will withstand for financial responsibility.”
Offers save savings:
- 23 billion £ from the prosperity bill
- From 517,000 to 384,000 civil servants from 517,000 to 2016 level, £ 8 billion
- £ 7 billion from overseas aid budget
- £ 3.5 billion by terminating the use of hotels at home
- Benefits and Social Houses are reserved for the UK citizens 4 billion £ 4 billion
- It scrapes environmental policies, including cutting subsidies for heat pumps and electric vehicles, £ 1.6 billion.
Earlier this year, the Labor Party government tried to reduce approximately 5 billion pounds from the bill of disability and health -related benefits, but it was forced to step back after a rebellion by its deputies.
Pat McFadden suggested The government will return to the issue and tell the BBC that changes in the welfare system should “take place”.
Last year, budget responsibility office to guess Total expenditures for health and disability aids will increase from £ 64.7 billion in 2023-24 to £ 100.7 billion at 2029-30.
Tories argues that they can reduce the bill by examining exemptions for the household benefit limit and change VAT subsidies for Motbility, which allows plaintiffs to rent a car and change the changing obligations for job seekers.
“Low -level health” for people suffering from mental health problems, “really needed what is needed in cash, not treatment and support,” he says.
He also says he will stay in place Benefit hat with two children, This prevents households from receiving payment for a third or subsequent child born after April 2017 regarding the universal or child tax loan.
The workers’ government was under pressure to lift the boundaries of many of the border that increased the number of children in poverty.
The Solution Foundation said that the cover will remove 470,000 children from poverty and cost about £ 3.5 billion.
Badenoch defended the hat before promise It was a matter of “justice”, and the conservatives believed that people of the benefits should make the same choices as everyone else.
Earlier this year, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that the UK will reduce its aid budget to 0.3% in 2027 to pay for the increase in defense expenditures.
Conservatives say that the reduction of expenditures more than 0.1% will save about £ 7 billion.
Currently, part of the current charity budget Used to pay For hotels to adapt to asylum seekers.
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) welcomed some proposals, but conservatives warned that age -related expenditures, such as pensions, do not ignore “elephants in the room”.
“Ultimately, no political party books will be able to balance what their supporters don’t like.
“Without this, other deductions are likely to take action.”
Conservatives did not decide to change Triple lock, This guarantees that state retirement will increase in accordance with inflation, wage increases or 2.5% each year – no matter which one is the highest.
Romilly Greenhill, General Manager of International Development Organizations Network Bond, said the proposed aid budget deductions were “reckless, short -minded and morally indisputable”.
The conservative conference comes six weeks before Rachel Reeves delivered the budget on 26 November.
During the election, the Labor Party promised not to increase income tax, national insurance or VAT for working people.
However, there have been speculation that Reeves would have to increase taxes to meet the spontaneous rules imposed on public expenditures and debts.
In a report made in March, the budget responsibility office said that the chancellor will only be run a “very small margin” – £ 10 billion buffer.



