YOUR MONEY.     How they take it.  How they spend it.

Apologies for the quality of this table.  This was scanned from The Independent of 23rd April 2009 and combines two tables taken from the HM Treasury website: 

http://budget.treasury.gov.uk/where_taxpayers_money_is_spent.htm. 

It clearly shows the £175bn shortfall that needs to be made up in order to maintain public expenditure at its current level.  

How can this shortfall be met?   Is it by cutting current spending?  Is it by increasing tax income?  Is it a combination of both?

What will the public choose?