| Tuesday 8 June 2010 at 10.30pm on BBC Two Presented by Jeremy Paxman Ministers are to give details about a "once-in-a-generation" re-examination of the way the government works, as it prepares to make "painful" cuts. The Treasury is to ask for the public's views on which functions the government should perform and which could be done by other bodies to save money. A "star chamber" of senior figures will be created, before which ministers will have to justify their spending. Tonight Michael Crick and Paul Mason will be analysing the politics and economics behind George Osborne's plans to eradicate the country's budget deficit. And we will be having our very own mini-consultation on where the cuts should come and what should be kept in the Newsnight Star Chamber. We'll convene a committee of people with public spending cut proposals and others who'll be making the defence to save particular areas from the axe. They'll be pitching in front of a panel which will include John Redwood MP - who today proposed on his blog that the government "should stop the cash and cut the interference". Plus, ahead of the World Cup celebrations, Tim Whewell travels to the 'rainbow nation', South Africa where he finds deep race divisions. Tim meets two young men with very differing views - controversial ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema and Ernst Roets, chairman of white pressure group AfriForum. Read more about that here. Do join Jeremy at 10.30pm on BBC Two. | 
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