What would you cut?

It was not that long ago that the last Labour chancellor of the exchequer was roundly castigated for painting a bleak picture of the UK economy and for suggesting that we might have to make some ‘difficult choices’.

There was an initial denial of any pending doom by his boss followed by a reluctant acknowledgment of ‘economic challenges’ and eventually the widespread use of the ‘c’ word. In fact, with the run up to the election, there were daily pronouncements on spending cuts by the main parties trying to outdo each other.

Today, the new government now firmly in place and some £6 billion worth of cuts already announced, David Cameron has dispensed with euphemism and is talking about ‘painful cuts’ that will “affect our whole way of life”.

Even the Financial Times gets pretty vivid seeing echoes of King Lear in the prime minister’s speech this week: “David Cameron will do such things; what they are he knows not, but they shall be the terrors of the earth.”.

I think we all agree that the message is clear. Major and wholesale spending cuts are on their way. However, the details aren’t still forthcoming. In fact, this morning ministers are asking the public for suggestions as to where the axe should fall.

Certainly, as a UK web hosting company, we have a reasonable understanding of what some of our small business customers would like to see cut or ring fenced.

Today, we are asking you as to where you think the government should focus its efforts to save money and where it should invest in order to ensure the fragile economic recovery doesn’t stall or fall into reverse. Please write to spendingcuts@freezone.co.uk with your thoughts.

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