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In what I think is a rather astute move, David Cameron's asking the public where they think the Government can save money. That way, when the axe falls, he can honestly say 'Well, you told us to do it'. So, where do forum members think the axe should fall? Bearing in mind the huge deficit we're facing, cutbacks will almost certainly be across the board, but in some areas more than others, obviously...
Me, I think that overseas aid should be stopped immediately - we simply can't afford it. I'd like to see street lighting switched off at 10.30pm, overtime stopped for all public sector employees except the Police, a recruitment ban so that the Civil Service is reduced through natural wastage, a withdrawal from Afghanistan, a moratorium on the road building programme with no further projects committed to and a central purchasing authority appointed (with the personnel and location of one of the soon-to-be-extinct quangos so that no expense is made on setting it up) for all Government purchasing with every penny under the scrutiny of a board of quasi-trustees.
I'd like to see Immigration Officers appointed (NOT sacked) with a brief to tighten up immigration so that our benefits system is not subject to abuse from immigrants, the welfare system reviewed so that the undeserving are not paid allowances that make a return to work a drop in income, and the UK contribution to the EU either halved or stopped altogether. (I accept that the latter won't happen.)
I'd like to see all but the most important overseas travel at public expense stopped - we live in age where technology should render most travel requirements as obsolete, all Government advertising budgets to be stopped, and a policy of moving non-essential personnel away from London to less expensive locations around the country. (It's estimated that it costs HMG an extra £30m per annum to employ people in London than it would if the same people were employed outside the capital.)
All in all, I'd be looking for the application of common sense in all aspects of Government spending. Frankly, recent history has shown a remarkable lack of that - we need a return to frugality; there's nothing wrong in being frugal.