Osborne calls for public views on spending cuts

8 July 2010 0:00 am | Updated: 8 July 2010 3:06 pm | By Nicole Blackmore

Chancellor George Osborne has called on the public to send him their best ideas in July and August on how to get more for less from public services.

The Government says that the people who use the country’s schools, hospitals, transport systems and other public services are the best people to comment on how to get more out of the services, while tackling the country’s record deficit.

Alongside the website, the Chancellor and other ministers will be taking part in seminars and visits across the country. They will be listening to the public’s ideas in person and seeking views on how public spending should be cut, while protecting the vulnerable in society.

In June the Government committed to a spending review in October, promising it would consult the public over cuts.

In just two weeks public sector workers have sent in more than 60,000 suggestions.

Osborne says: “We are facing the challenge of a lifetime. After years of Labour waste, there is now simply not enough money to go round.

“That is why I am asking everyone across the country to send in their ideas. We need to tackle this huge national debt and make our economy stronger, and it is your ideas that will help us do that by improving public services and saving money.”

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