The Return Of 'Trussonomics': Tories Rinsed Over New Plans To 'Save £47bn'

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e2c3c6180000d86c5d119b.jpeg?cache=9FffPPBrtt&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch" data-caption="Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="AP/Getty" />Liz Truss and Kemi Badenoch</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>The <a href="news/conservatives" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Conservatives</a> have unveiled new plans which they claim could save up to £47 billion to help “restore the country’s finances” – except their critics think they’ve heard this one before.</p><p>Shadow chancellor <a href="news/mel-stride" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mel Stride </a>is set to “recommit the Conservative Party to fiscal responsibility” on Monday in a major speech at the annual Tory conference in Manchester.</p><p>He is expected to say his party would cut the welfare bill, reduce the civil service and the foreign aid budget in the hope of delivering a “stronger economy” – part of the Tories’ new plan to win back voters<a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kemi-badenoch-setback-tories-fourth-polls_uk_682c2132e4b095274fad2efd"> after an abysmal year in the polls.</a></p><p>Stride will say that, if elected, the Tories would replace the “broken” welfare system and stop allowing anyone to claim for benefits if they only have low level mental health problems.</p><p>The Tories will also limit welfare to British citizens and – <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/starmer-hopes-lifting-the-2-child-benefit-cap-will-cheer-up-his-unhappy-mps-but-is-it-too-late_uk_68d667bee4b085d511c5f73e">amid speculation Labour is going to scrap it – keep the two-child benefit cap in place.