Brown spells out new national plan
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set out his legislative programme for the last few months before the general election.
It included new "entitlements" for users of public services, a boost to house-building, extra training opportunities for young people, plus the removal of the final hereditary peers from the House of Lords.
In a statement to the House of Commons, Mr Brown unveiled the draft legislative programme which will form the bulk of this autumn's Queen's Speech.
The Premier said: "There is a real choice for our country - driving growth forward or letting the recession take its course; creating jobs for the future or doing nothing.
"We will not walk away from the British people in difficult times. Our policy is to build the growth, the jobs and the public services we need for Britain's future."
