Our ambitions for Britain are high.

We recognise that achieving these goals will not be easy but we are also optimistic about our country’s ability to win through. We do not have a pessimistic view that runs Britain down all the time. This country has never been broken. It is not now. Nor will it be.

Instead with government passing more power and control to patients, parents, communities, and citizens, we have a real opportunity to forge an even fairer and more prosperous society.

Only Labour can deliver this. Labour supporters can be proud that we have reduced poverty, created millions of jobs, reformed and renewed our public services, and cut crime. We should be proud but not satisfied. To achieve our goals and ensure lasting change for our country, Labour must continue the work of reform, enabling Britain both to weather the storm of global economic turbulence and at the same time take the steps necessary to equip our country for the challenges of the future.

We are going through a period in human history when radical change offers extraordinary new opportunities for those ready to seize them. This is not the world we inherited when we came into government in 1997. We came into office determined to serve the country and its needs at that time. We remain determined to serve our country now.

And it is because we live in an era of accelerating change that fairness matters more: fair chances for all, so that everyone can share in the new benefits that progress brings; fair rules for all, so that no one feels unprotected; a fair say for all, so that people have more power over their local communities and services; and a fair deal for all, so that no one is let down or left behind.

New times ask new questions and demand new answers. Only Labour can provide them for all the people of our country. In this document, we have set out how we intend to address these new challenges and in the months ahead, we will continue to put forward new policies as part of a new deal for this new world.

With your help and support, we will seize these opportunities and continue to build the new Britain everyone in our country deserves.