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Shadow Chancellor Griffith Promises Fully Costed Defence Plans

9/7/2026

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Andrew Griffith, new Shadow Chancellor, faced questioning on fiscal responsibility from GB News host Camilla Tominey.
He said he was a junior Treasury minister during Liz Truss’s mini-budget and did not set tax policy.
He pledged fully costed plans to fund defence and any Conservative-proposed tax cuts.
Griffith warned that interest rates are at an 18-year high, increasing government borrowing costs.

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Andrew Griffith, new Shadow Chancellor, faced questioning on fiscal responsibility from GB News host Camilla Tominey.
He said he was a junior Treasury minister during Liz Truss’s mini-budget and did not set tax policy.
He pledged fully costed plans to fund defence and any Conservative-proposed tax cuts.
Griffith warned that interest rates are at an 18-year high, increasing government borrowing costs.