"The Conservatives will set out proposals later on cutting public spending on welfare, aid and civil servants which the shadow chancellor will say would save 47bn over five years. Sir Mel Stride is expected to say in his speech to the party's conference in Manchester that there is "no more pretending we can keep spending money we simply do not have". Proposals include stopping welfare claims for people with "low level mental health problems" and reducing the number of civil servants by around 132,000."
"His proposals include saving: 23bn from the welfare bill 8bn by bringing civil servant numbers from 517,000 down to 2016 levels of 384,000 7bn from the overseas aid budget 3.5bn by ending the use of hotels to home asylum seekers 4bn by ensuring benefits and social housing are reserved for UK nationals 1.6bn by scrapping environmental policies, including cutting subsidies for heat pumps and electric vehicles."
The Conservatives propose major public spending cuts across welfare, overseas aid, environmental subsidies and the civil service, targeting total savings of 47bn over five years. Measures include stopping some welfare claims for people with low-level mental health problems, reducing civil servant numbers from 517,000 to around 384,000 (about 132,000 posts), cutting aid to 0.1% of national income, ending hotel use for asylum seekers, reserving benefits and social housing for UK nationals, and scrapping subsidies for heat pumps and electric vehicles. The proposals aim to present fiscal responsibility amid political challenges ahead of conference events.
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