Shadow chancellor Mel Stride sets out cost-cutting plans as Tory party conference continues in Manchester
Labour says the Conservative proposals to cut government spending cannot be taken seriously because of their record in office. In response to the overnight Tory briefing (see 7.59am), Anna Turley, the Labour party chair, said:
The Tories let welfare bills, civil service numbers and asylum hotel use skyrocket on their watch – and they’ve never apologised. Now they want to rehash failed promises from their failed manifesto to try to solve the problems they caused.
This is the same old Tories, with the same old policies. They didn’t work then and you can’t trust them now.
We will deliver £23 billion in savings by reforming non-pensioner welfare through:
-Restricting welfare to UK citizens
