The prime minister unveiled a series of measures which the government hopes will help to halve the country's budget deficit over the next four years.
Mr Brown announced the senior service pay bill will be cut by over 20 per cent and said the government would have to approve all salaries over £150,000, with those receiving the sums being named publicly.
Moves to streamline Whitehall were also confirmed, with the PM promising to cut the spending on consultancy in half.
The PM said the government has identified £3 billion-worth of efficiency savings, of which £1.3 billion will come from streamlining central government.
'In order to protect the front-line services we value at a time when budgets are tighter it means we need to do what households up and down the country do to prioritise the necessities and postpone the things we can do without,' Mr Brown is due to say.
'The proposals we are setting out in this plan - which is just one element of our efforts to reduce the deficit - will go further than we have ever gone before in streamlining central government.
'We have already promised savings of £35bn a year by 2011 on top of the £26.5bn a year already delivered through the Gershon reforms.'
The prime minister said his government was prepared to make 'the tough choices'.
Mr Darling is expected to announce later this week annual borrowing will top £175 billion and the Conservatives have accused the government of not revealing the full extent of cuts needed.
Unions have also expressed concerns the moves could see up to 20 per cent of senior civil servant posts go.
During his speech, Mr Brown said he believed: 'Government should never walk away from responsibilities.'
He added his announcements represented a 'radical shift to the users of public services' promising greater transparency and an opening up of public information on services allowing comparisons and members of the public to lobby for improvements.
Mr Brown announced the senior service pay bill will be cut by over 20 per cent and said the government would have to approve all salaries over £150,000, with those receiving the sums being named publicly.
Moves to streamline Whitehall were also confirmed, with the PM promising to cut the spending on consultancy in half.
The PM said the government has identified £3 billion-worth of efficiency savings, of which £1.3 billion will come from streamlining central government.
'In order to protect the front-line services we value at a time when budgets are tighter it means we need to do what households up and down the country do to prioritise the necessities and postpone the things we can do without,' Mr Brown is due to say.
'The proposals we are setting out in this plan - which is just one element of our efforts to reduce the deficit - will go further than we have ever gone before in streamlining central government.
'We have already promised savings of £35bn a year by 2011 on top of the £26.5bn a year already delivered through the Gershon reforms.'
The prime minister said his government was prepared to make 'the tough choices'.
Mr Darling is expected to announce later this week annual borrowing will top £175 billion and the Conservatives have accused the government of not revealing the full extent of cuts needed.
Unions have also expressed concerns the moves could see up to 20 per cent of senior civil servant posts go.
During his speech, Mr Brown said he believed: 'Government should never walk away from responsibilities.'
He added his announcements represented a 'radical shift to the users of public services' promising greater transparency and an opening up of public information on services allowing comparisons and members of the public to lobby for improvements.
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