The Cabinet Office is asking the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors for innovative ideas on how to reduce the deficit.

In an open letter to the sectors, Francis Maude, minister for the cabinet office and Nick Hurd, minister for civil society said the deficit reduction plans could ‘not just be about cuts’ and asked for innovative ideas on how things could be done more efficiently.

Ideas can be posted on the Cabinet Office website or e-mailed directly to [email protected].

The letter also stressed that all local and central government departments would be encouraged to take account of the Compact as savings and efficiencies were made and said that the Cabinet Office’s strategic partners have been asked to gather information on the impact of cuts.

Both, NCVO and Acevo, strategic partners of the OCS have websites dedicated to gathering information on cuts to the voluntary sector.