Public sector staff have been asked to send their money saving ideas and devolution suggestions to chancellor George Osborne.
A letter sent to millions of employees has called for new ideas for saving public money ahead of November’s Spending Review, which is expected to detail government plans for saving £20bn by 2019/20.
An online survey open until 4 September will gather submissions, which will be considered by government departments including the Treasury and Cabinet Office.
Ideas put into practice when the scheme was last run five years ago included targeted spending on preventative services and closer links between health and social care.
In the letter, Osborne and chief secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands wrote: ‘You do an incredible job day in, day out. Your hard work over the last Parliament ensured that while we made big savings across departments, our public services, far from declining, improved.
‘You know better than most where we can take the next steps. You know first-hand where things are working well on the frontline of public services, but also where the waste is and where we can provide better services for less money.
‘You know where we can go further to reform our public services and where we can devolve more power so that local people have more control and local leaders are more accountable.
‘So today we are inviting you to share with us your ideas for how to get more for less. If you think there is a better way to do things, we want to know.’