The Prime Minister this week published a plan for Building Britain’s Future

It is a radical vision for a fairer, stronger and more prosperous society.  Public service entitlements will for the first time be guaranteed to parents, patients and communities. Things like seeing a cancer specialist within 2 weeks. We need to think of ways to involve communities in the fight against crime, further improve patient and parent power, fight unemployment and get our economy best placed for the new industries that are round the corner.  With new measures to drive economic growth and create jobs. What I particularly support is guaranteeing what parents, patients and communities should get from their public services. This is about giving people more power and choice. This plan sets out the way forward.  I'll be contacting people in Chester to get their views on what we need here. As a first step, the Labour Government has made a number of commitments to the British people.  In the coming months we will build on this plan by setting out more details in key areas, including: transport, infrastructure, financial services, social care climate change and energy. I'll make sure I keep you up to date with what's happening.

Getting Britain back to work

We will not lose another generation to unemployment like in past recessions. Every young person who has been out of work for a year will have to take a job, training or work experience place.

Patient power

Patients will get enforceable entitlements to the highest standards of health care - like seeing a cancer specialist within 2 weeks, and free health-checks on the NHS for people aged 40-74.

Having a say on fighting crime

People will have more power to keep their neighbourhoods safe. Including the right to hold the police to account at monthly beat meetings, having a say on CCTV cameras and voting on how offenders pay back to the community - like cleaning graffiti.

More affordable homes

An extra £1.5 billion will be invested in 20,000 affordable homes over the next two years.  
This housing investment package will also create an estimated 45,000 additional jobs in the construction and related industries.

1-1 tuition

Parents will be guaranteed an education individually tailored to their child. This will include a personal tutor for every pupil and 1-1 tuition for all those who need it.

Preparing Chester for the new economy

It's vital that Britain can lead in the new industries of the global economy. We need a world class modern infrastructure so that industries of the future in areas like low carbon, biotechnology, life sciences, digital, advanced manufacturing and financial services can prosper here. Doing this will mean the jobs and investment comes to Chester. To do this we are investing in areas that are important to industry, like broadband access for all by 2012 and working towards a nationwide high-speed broadband network by 2016.