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Shadow chancellor to pledge further cuts to foreign aid as Tories vow to 'stand up for fiscal responsibility'

The Conservative Party plans to cut welfare by £23 billion and reduce civil servants to 2016 levels, aiming to save £47 billion over five years to restore fiscal responsibility.

  • The Conservative Party plans to cut £47 billion from government spending, focusing on welfare and the Civil Service, as announced by Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride at a conference in Manchester.
  • Mel Stride stated that only British citizens should access welfare, which would bar around 470,000 claimants and remove support for those with low-level mental health conditions.
  • Critics, including Labour Party chair Anna Turley and Romilly Greenhill from Bond, denounced the proposals as irresponsible and detrimental to marginalized communities.
  • Stride aims to restore the Conservative Party's economic reputation by implementing these cuts, despite backlash regarding previous failed promises.
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Tories to propose £47bn cuts as conference focuses on ‘economic responsibility’

The party is seeking to distance itself from Liz Truss’s ill-fated package of tax cuts in 2022.

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Nation.Cymru broke the news in Wales, United Kingdom on Sunday, October 5, 2025.
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