Building the West Midland's future

The Prime Minister has today 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.  New measures will also drive economic growth and create jobs. 

Adrian Bailey said:

"People in the West Midlands want to know what the plan is for the Britain that lies ahead.

"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.

"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.

"Today's plan sets out the way forward.  I'll be contacting people in the West Midlands to get their views on what we need here."

Notes for Editors

As a first step, the Labour Government is today making a number of commitments to the British people. 

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

• Patients will get enforceable entitlements to the highest standards of health care.

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

• We will give local people more power to keep their neighbourhoods safe, including the right to hold the police to account at monthly beat meetings, to have a say on CCTV and a vote on how offenders pay back the community.

• An extra £1.5 bn 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.

• A new, more active industrial policy to drive growth and create the high value jobs of the future with investment in low carbon technologies, digital, life sciences and advanced manufacturing.

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, life sciences and constitutional reform.