Italy's right pledges tax cuts, immigration curbs, welfare reform

FILE PHOTO: Former Italian prime minister and leader of the Forza Italia party Silvio Berlusconi (R) reacts at the end of a meeting with League leader Matteo Salvini (L) and Brothers of Italy leader Giorgia Meloni in Rome, Italy, October 20, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's conservative bloc will cut taxes, crack down on immigration and scrap the current system of welfare benefits if it wins next month's election as expected, the group said in a joint manifesto.

The conservative alliance is dominated by two rightist parties, Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy and Matteo Salvini's League, flanked by the more moderate Forza Italia led by 85-year-old former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.