§ My Government has taken action in support of economic stability and sound public finances, and has continued to increase investment in public services and tackle child poverty.
§ Education is my Government's top priority. An Act has been passed to promote diversity, choice, innovation and higher standards in schools. The Act provides new opportunities for school partnerships, improved support for teachers, more options for tackling weak and failing schools and greater freedom for successful headteachers and governors.
§ Legislation has been passed to reform health services and strengthen regulation of the health professions.
§ An Act has been passed to increase powers against money laundering, establish a Criminal Assets Recovery Agency and make it easier to recover the proceeds of crime and drugs.
§ Legislation has been passed to modernise and reform the police service and to establish a new complaints system.
§ Legislation has been passed to reform and streamline the system for dealing with immigration and applications for asylum.
§ Legislation has been passed to reform employment dispute resolution procedures and to introduce new employment rights, including measures to balance work and parental life.
§ Legislation was also passed which introduced a new system of tax credits and a new pension credit for pensioners.
§ An Act was passed to improve productivity and enterprise through reform of the competition, insolvency and consumer protection regimes.
§ Draft legislation has been brought forward on a number of matters including on Communications, Local Government and Extradition.