The Spending Challenge

If you haven't received an e-mail from David Cameron about The Spending Challenge - or you don't know about The Spending Challenge - take a look at the Spending Challenge site.

The Government wants your views on public spending - and how cuts can be made fairly and responsibly.

The Spending Challenge is a big site. It could take you some time to explore it - and a lot more time to think about what you want to say. But please don't miss this opportunity to put in your two-penny worth.

It isn't often that the Government asks you for your views as to how your tax money should be spent, or invites you to comment on the waste of public funds. Actually, it's unprecedented for the Government to ask your opinion about anything at all.

One could be quite cynical about the whole Spending Challenge project - but I think that would be a mistake. Let's take the project at face value instead, look at it, think, and put forward whatever ideas we have.

And wait to see what comes out of it at the end of the day.