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RANKCHOPPED

1

Bank taxes -

New tax on banks

7882

2

Public sector -

Cut pay for higher earning public servants

7512

3

Advertising -

Reduce the spending on government advertising

7428

4

Defence -

Don't replace Trident

7245

5

Benefits -

Means test all benefits

6918

6

Health -

Cut NHS management and reorganise services

6782

7

Benefits -

Means test child benefit

6184

8

Benefits -

Raise male and female retirement age to 66

5851

9

Public sector -

End final salary pensions for public servants

5667

10

Public sector -

Public sector pay freeze

5664

RANKCHERISHED

1

Benefits -

Cut winter fuel payments for all over 60s

8846

2

Health -

Pay to visit your GP

7911

3

VAT -

Put VAT on food and kids clothes

7230

4

Health -

Pay cut for GPs and hospital consultants

6503

5

Benefits -

Reduce out-of-work benefits

6450

6

Benefits -

Scrap free bus passes for middle class OAPs

6445

7

Benefits -

Scrap grant for pregnant women

6405

8

Transport -

Charge drivers for using the roads

6088

9

Defence -

Cut defence spending

5764

10

VAT -

VAT rise to 20%

5596

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The UK budget deficit is now £156 billion and counting…

As part of a Channel 4 live Dispatches programme to coincide with George Osborne's Emergency Budget, we want to see how you would prioritise government tax and spending. After all, it's your money.

You can watch How to Save £100 billion live on Channel 4 on Monday 21st June at 8pm or on 4oD on channel4.com/dispatches.

UK BUDGET DEFICIT

£169,000,000,000

WHAT WILL YOU CHOP?

A bit about us , we are ,like, gauging what the nation wants cut from the deficit. Crowd-sourcing and that.

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