Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals

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1. Sat, 3 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World15:00first to report
     Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals

     Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election The Conservatives are planning to make sweeping cuts beyond the £47bn announced last year if they win the next election, according to leaked comments by the shadow chancellor. Speaking last year when he was shadow business secretary, Andrew Griffith told Conservative members he and fellow shadow cabinet ministers had discussed making further cuts in “every...

2. Sun, 4 October 2026

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   • The Guardian World21:00
     Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England

     Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth The Conservatives will announce a bonfire of regulations including abolishing affordable homes and community funding rules as well as scrapping Natural England and the Environment Agency. The shadow chancellor, Andrew Griffith, will say the party intends to “streamline regulations” that protect nature and oblige developers to include affordable homes and community services such as...

3. Mon, 5 October 2026

   3 reports
   • The Guardian World10:18edited after publishing ×2
     Tory plan to cut energy efficiency rule for builders will cost new home owners £1,000 a year, says thinktank – as it happened

     previouslyShadow chancellor Andrew Griffith says Tories imposed too much regulation when they were in power – UK politics live

     A researcher at a climate change think tank says the Conservative policy would be a ‘disaster for first time buyers’ Yesterday, as a gimmick, the Tories were handing out “Bottler Burnham” bottles of water (“0% strength”) to make a point about Burnham supposedly cancelling plans for an early election under pressure from the Tories. It is a version of a stunt they pulled in 2008 when they gave journalists bottles of a “Bottler Brown” beer. (Gordon Brown did pull plans for an early election at the...

   • stratford-herald.com14:31
     Tory economic chief vows to scrap mansion tax, and ditch one tax each year

     Mr Griffith also claimed the Conservatives were now fighting ‘a battle of ideas about the very basis of where prosperity comes from’ with Labour.

   • cityam.com16:51
     Top Tory pleads with young people to stay in Britain

     Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith has urged young Brits not to leave the country as he pledged to deliver tax cuts