The government launched its ‘Spending Challenge’ today, asking us, the public, where we think cuts should be made and how government should best use our tax money.

From today, anyone can go to the new Spending Challenge Public engagement website and submit their ideas.

This year Britain had the highest annual borrowing of any country in the G20. The Government believes urgent action is needed to tackle the deficit. Last month’s Budget set out a plan to balance the books by 2014-15, including substantial reductions in public spending.

It is going to require tough decisions, and that means approaching the Spending Review in a completely different way in order to re-shape how we all benefit from and use public services.