Reform UK Unveils Plans to Slash More than £100 Billion from Budget

Reform UK announced plans to cut over £100 billion in government spending during its first 100 days in office if elected.

Recently installed Prime Minister Andy Burnham was left stumped at the dispatch box on Wednesday during his first PMQs since coming to power as to what — if any — spending cuts his left-wing Labour Party government would make as UK borrowing costs hit a three-decade high.

While Burnham was unable to provide an answer, Reform UK Shadow Chancellor Robert Jenrick said his party would slash government spending by £108 billion.

Jenrick, who has been tapped by Nigel Farage to be the top man at the Treasury should his party come to power, said that a Reform government would look to slash welfare spending by £50 billion, cut another £20-30 billion from various leftist projects like net zero and foreign aid while reducing the number of deep state civil servants, and finally seek to reduce government debt interest by £28 billion.

The Newark MP said that such cuts would not only measure the financial markets, but would enable Reform to provide much-needed tax relief to the British public, who have been suffering under the highest tax burden since the…

Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/economy/