Shadow chancellor vows to cut at least one tax in every Tory budget
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Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith said he hopes to scrap at least one tax every budget if the Conservatives return to power, with the so-called "mansion tax" in his sights.
影子财政大臣安德鲁·格里菲斯(Andrew Griffith)表示，如果保守党重新掌权，他希望取消每份预算中至少一项税收，他的目标是所谓的“豪宅税”。
Speaking at the party's conference in Birmingham, Griffith said "lower, simpler and fairer taxes" would be his "personal north star" although he noted his ambition for cuts would take place "only when we can afford to do so".
格里菲斯在伯明翰举行的党内会议上发表讲话时表示，“更低、更简单和更公平的税收”将是他的“个人北极星”，尽管他指出，“只有当我们有能力这样做时”，他的减税雄心才会实现。
He also said he would scrap the High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS), which takes effect from 2028 and introduces an extra levy for owners of properties in England valued at more than £2m.
他还表示，他将废除高价值市政税附加费（HVCTS），该附加费自 2028 年起生效，并对英格兰价值超过 200 万英镑的房产业主征收额外税。
Labour said the Tories "completely failed at every turn" to grow the economy during their 14 years in power.
工党表示，保守党执政14年期间，在经济增长方面“每次都完全失败”。
Following their historic defeat in the 2024 general election, the Conservatives have been trying to rebuild and convince voters that they can be trusted again.
在 2024 年大选中历史性失败后，保守党一直在努力重建并说服选民他们可以再次受到信任。
The Tories have faced repeated attacks from their opponents for their record in government between 2010 and 2024.
保守党在 2010 年至 2024 年间的执政记录多次遭到对手的攻击。
Speaking on the main stage, Griffith said: "No country in history has ever taxed its way to prosperity, so we will cut taxes, but only when we can afford to do so, and always saying clearly how we will fund that within our golden economic rule."
格里菲斯在主舞台上发表讲话时表示：“历史上没有一个国家通过征税来实现繁荣，因此我们将减税，但前提是我们有能力这样做，并且始终明确说明我们将如何在我们的黄金经济规则范围内为减税提供资金。”
The party's "golden economic rule" involves at least half of all savings identified going towards "deficit reduction, with the other half going to tax cuts and pro-growth measures".
该党的“黄金经济法则”涉及至少一半的储蓄用于“削减赤字，另一半用于减税和促增长措施”。
Griffith likened his approach to that of former Tory Chancellor Nigel Lawson, adding: "It's my ambition to scrap at least one tax every budget. What would we prioritise? There's a lot.
格里菲斯将他的做法与前保守党财政大臣奈杰尔·劳森的做法进行了比较，并补充道：“我的目标是在每个预算中至少废除一项税收。 我们会优先考虑什么？ 有很多。
"Tax cuts that help growth, tax cuts that improve incentives to work, tax cuts that make life simpler and fairer."
“减税有助于增长，减税可以提高工作积极性，减税让生活更简单、更公平。”
The Extended Packaging Responsibility (EPR) scheme, which requires firms to cover the cost of collecting, recycling and disposing of packaging it produces, would be scrapped by the Conservatives.
延伸包装责任（EPR）计划要求企业承担收集、回收和处置其生产的包装的费用，该计划将被保守党废除。
Griffith sought to signal a different approach under Kemi Badenoch's leadership, telling members that the EPR was the "sort of thing the old Conservative Party went along with".
格里菲斯试图在凯米·巴德诺克（Kemi Badenoch）的领导下发出不同的信号，他告诉议员们，EPR是“旧保守党所认同的东西”。
He also said Labour plans a "vindicative raid on family homes" in the form of the HVCTS, also dubbed the "mansion tax", which he would seek to scrap.
他还表示，工党计划以 HVCTS 的形式“对家庭住宅进行报复性袭击”，也称为“豪宅税”，他将寻求废除该税。
The shadow chancellor said: "It's an anti-growth tax that will distort the housing market and remove the incentive to make home improvements."
这位影子财政大臣表示：“这是一种反增长税，会扭曲房地产市场，消除改善住房的动力。”
Ahead of his speech, Griffith was pressed on BBC Breakfast on whether he would keep the pensions triple lock, which Prime Minister Andy Burnham has proposed changing.
在发表演讲之前，格里菲斯在英国广播公司早餐节目中被问及是否会保持养老金三重锁定，总理安迪伯纳姆提议改变这一点。
Griffith said: "We are going to keep it."
格里菲斯说：“我们会保留它。”
In 2021, then-backbencher Griffith wrote an article saying that the state pension triple lock was "unfair" as pensioners could "gain from the misfortune of others".
2021年，当时的后座议员格里菲斯撰写了一篇文章，称国家养老金三重锁定是“不公平的”，因为养老金领取者可以“从他人的不幸中获益”。
Senior Conservatives including former chancellor Jeremy Hunt and shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat have individually suggested the current triple lock is unsustainable.
包括前财政大臣杰里米·亨特和影子外交大臣汤姆·图根哈特在内的高级保守党人士分别表示，目前的三重锁定是不可持续的。
Properties worth more than £2m in England face mansion tax Tories committed to pension triple lock, deputy leader says Andy Burnham refuses to back third runway at Heathrow During a series of speeches on Monday, Griffith and other shadow ministers also announced further details on the policies they believe will help free up businesses and grow the economy.
英格兰价值超过200万英镑的房产将面临豪宅税 副领导人表示，保守党致力于养老金三重锁定 安迪·伯纳姆拒绝支持希思罗机场第三跑道 在周一的一系列演讲中，格里菲斯和其他影子部长还宣布了他们认为将有助于释放企业和发展经济的政策的更多细节。
The proposals included ditching environmental and energy efficiency regulations, such as the future homes standard.
这些提案包括放弃环境和能源效率法规，例如未来住宅标准。
Griffith said the next Conservative government would support a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
格里菲斯表示，下一届保守党政府将支持希思罗机场修建第三条跑道。
Plans for expansion were scrapped by the Tory-led coalition government in 2010.
2010年，保守党领导的联合政府取消了扩张计划。
The Conservatives also want to implement a single levy for developers in place of section 106 agreements and the Community Infrastructure Levy, which fund projects in the community when building plans are progressed.
保守党还希望对开发商征收单一税，以取代第 106 条协议和社区基础设施税，后者在建筑计划取得进展时为社区项目提供资金。
The party has been critical of the roles of Natural England and the Environment Agency in relation to house building and flood prevention work respectively, and wants to abolish both. Their functions would be looked after by the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
该党一直批评自然英格兰和环境局分别在房屋建设和防洪工作方面的作用，并希望废除这两者。 他们的职能将由环境、食品和农村事务部（Defra）负责。
Prospect general secretary Mike Clancy, whose union represents members in Natural England and the Environment Agency, said: "Conservative budget cuts have left these regulators struggling to perform their vital functions with 'lack of resources' the most common reason for planning delays.
Prospect 秘书长迈克·克兰西 (Mike Clancy) 的工会代表了自然英格兰和环境局的成员，他表示：“保守的预算削减让这些监管机构难以履行其重要职能，‘缺乏资源’是规划延误的最常见原因。
"The solution is to restore their funding to adequate levels, not scrap vital safeguards." Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said the Conservatives have "cemented their position as a pointless anti-growth, anti-business party" by rejecting closer ties with Europe.
“解决方案是将资金恢复到足够的水平，而不是放弃重要的保障措施。” 自由民主党副党魁黛西·库珀表示，保守党拒绝与欧洲建立更密切的关系，“巩固了他们作为毫无意义的反增长、反商业政党的地位”。
She added: "No-one can take anything the Conservatives say on the economy seriously given their litany of fantasy-land financial pledges."
她补充道：“鉴于保守党一连串梦幻般的财政承诺，没有人能认真对待他们关于经济的任何言论。”
Labour Party chairwoman Bridget Phillipson said: "The Tories had 14 years in government to grow our economy and help people get on the housing ladder, but they completely failed at every turn."
工党主席布里奇特·菲利普森 (Bridget Phillipson) 表示：“保守党在政府执政 14 年，致力于发展我们的经济并帮助人们登上住房阶梯，但他们每次都完全失败了。”
Chancellor John Healey last week said all promises the government made would be "built on the rock of fiscal discipline" and the Budget on 28 October would "give families and businesses a bit of breathing space".
英国财政大臣约翰·希利上周表示，政府做出的所有承诺都将“建立在财政纪律的基础上”，10 月 28 日的预算将“给家庭和企业一点喘息的空间”。
Reform UK economy spokesman Robert Jenrick accused the Conservatives of "once again copying our policies".
英国经济改革发言人罗伯特·詹里克指责保守党“再次抄袭我们的政策”。
He added the Tories were unable to match Reform's pledge to raise the tax-free personal allowance to £15,000.
他补充说，保守党无法兑现改革党的承诺，将免税个人津贴提高到 15,000 英镑。
Green Party MP Ellie Chowns said scrapping rules that "secure affordable homes and vital community infrastructure is not a plan for growth".
绿党议员埃莉·乔恩斯(Ellie Chowns)表示，废除“确保经济适用房和重要社区基础设施安全的规则并不是增长计划”。
She added: "It is a gift to developers, leaving communities to pick up the bill for new housing while handing ordinary people higher costs and fewer protections."
她补充道：“这是给开发商的一份礼物，让社区承担新住房的费用，同时给普通民众带来更高的成本和更少的保护。”
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