Leaked remarks by shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith show the UK Conservatives are preparing deeper spending cuts than the £47bn they announced last year, with savings sought in "every part of government" if they win the next election. A party spokesperson confirmed further savings would be set out at its Birmingham conference, and leader Kemi Badenoch has already pledged another £4bn in reductions, including to the aid budget. The plans sharpen the contrast with Prime Minister Andy Burnham's Labour government, which favours costly state interventions, while the Tories remain third in the polls behind Labour and Reform UK.