Mel Stride outlines plans to slash £47bn a year from public spending, including £23bn welfare cut
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Overseas nationals denied benefits under a Conservative plan to limit social security to UK citizens would have the option to return to their own countries, the shadow chancellor, Mel Stride, has said.
Before his speech to the Conservative conference on Monday, Stride set out Tory proposals to cut £47bn a year from public spending, with the biggest chunk, £23bn coming from reductions in welfare.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/06/tories-conservatives-benefits-uk-welfare-cuts-public-spending
Author : Peter Walker Senior political correspondent
Publish date : 2025-10-06 07:39:00
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