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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
Reform UK must credibly explain how their promises are to be delivered. A good starting point is to double cost estimates and halve (at least) savings after all the forecasts have been made.
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They will, but you have to understand that they don’t have access to the same financial information as the government have, which is what Kemi Badenoch has also made clear. Reform have to take information that is out there already, such as the OBR reports and the government’s own figures.
By putting out figures now, they get a reaction from government and other sources which enable them to fine tune costs and savings.
In the end, even though some of their costings may be out, it doesn’t matter. The government had costed HS2, and look how way out that was!
There are far more savings to be had from existing government waste than many people realise. So I don’t think one or two inaccuracies are going to be particularly significant.