In a recent announcement by the Government, its Spending Challenge has borne fruit in that three ideas submitted to it through both public sector workers and members of the public will soon be implemented as new governmental policy.
These three are the inaugural ideas to be introduced through the Spending Challenge, and will be utilised to reduce UK governmental deficit in the hops that the country’s economy can be rebalanced.
The three new changes to be instituted are the following:
1. In order to save as much as £1 million annually and also to reduce administrative burdens for the NHS, junior doctors will no longer be subject to as many CRB checks as previously;
2. Save an additional £1 million annually by distributing National Insurance numbers using a plain paper letter instead of a plastic card;
3. Implementing a governmental auction website to increase the ability to sell second hand and surplus Government equipment, in addition to expanding the eDisposals service put in place by the MoD.
All of the ideas being implemented originated from the Spending Challenge website set up by the Government, which received in excess of 100,000 ideas for spending cuts.
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