Reform UK said it would cut over 100 billion pounds of spending in its first 100 days if it took office. Prospective Treasury chief Robert Jenrick, selected by Nigel Farage, named a 108 billion pound total.

That would include 50 billion pounds less welfare, 20 to 30 billion pounds less on net zero, aid and civil servants, and 28 billion pounds less debt interest, plus barring most foreign nationals including settled EU citizens from benefits to save 21 billion pounds a year by 2029 or 700 pounds per household, restoring health claims to pre-Covid levels, and making those jobless over a year work on public projects for their money. Jenrick linked this to tax cuts after the highest tax take since World War Two.

Andy Burnham at his first questions session as prime minister specified no Labour cuts as the government debt interest rate hit 5.91 percent, a nearly 30-year high, with markets uneasy about more regional spending.