英国保守党计划在赢得大选后实施规模远超既定目标的财政削减。影子财政大臣安德鲁·格里菲斯在泄露的评论中表示，"我们将需要进一步削减"，指出削减幅度将超过已宣布的470亿英镑1。保守党领导人基米·巴登诺克随后在周五宣布额外削减40亿英镑的支出承诺1。
保守党迄今已宣布的削减方案包括：470亿英镑（主要来自福利支出削减）、80亿英镑（通过裁减13.2万名公务员）、16亿英镑（取消清洁能源计划），以及超过70亿英镑（削减国际援助）1。新承诺的40亿英镑削减中，包括将国际援助预算减少25亿英镑（使其降至年度10亿英镑）和文化、传媒和体育部预算减少10亿英镑1。巴登诺克表示将把一半削减用于支付5万个额外监狱床位1。
目前保守党在民调中排名第三，落后于工党和英国改革党1。
The UK Conservative Party intends to implement additional spending reductions exceeding the £47 billion previously announced, according to leaked comments from Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffiths.1 Griffiths stated last year that "we will need to make further cuts," indicating plans that go beyond the publicly declared figure.1 The party's already-announced reduction package includes £47 billion primarily from welfare cuts, £8 billion through eliminating 132,000 civil service positions, £1.6 billion from cancelling clean energy initiatives, and over £7 billion from cutting international aid.1
Party leader Kemi Badenoch committed on Friday to an additional £4 billion in cuts, comprising £2.5 billion from the aid budget—reducing it to an annual £1 billion—and £1 billion from the culture, media, and sport department.1 Badenoch pledged that half of these new cuts would fund 50,000 additional prison beds.1 The Conservative Party currently ranks third in polling, trailing both the Labour Party and the Reform UK party.1
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