Building Britain's Future

Building Britain's Future is the Government's plan to work with the British people to respond to the economic downturn and build a stronger, fairer and more prosperous country.

Twelve commitments, which form the backbone of the Government's draft legislative programme, have been highlighted for action:

• Cleaning up politics
• Jobs and skills (related papers: Cm. 7655, Cm. 7641)
• A new economy (related papers: Cm. 7650, Cm. 7667, Cm. 7669)
• More power for patients (related papers: Cm. 7673)
• More power for parents (related papers: Cm. 7588)
• Investing in young people (related papers: Cm. 7588)
• Early years
• Affordable housing
• Crime and policing (related papers: Cm. 7665)
• Immigration and citizenship
• A low carbon future (related papers: Cm. 7659, Cm. 7682, Cm. 7686, The UK Low Carbon Transition Plan)
• International leadership (related papers: Cm. 7650, Cm. 7656, Cm. 7659).