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Widening access to power is
Widening access to power is as important as widening access to wealth
and opportunity. National standards are important to ensure fairness.
But the best way to tackle exclusion is to give choice and power to
those left behind. Our political institutions – including our own party –
must engage a population overloaded with information, diverse in its
values and lifestyles, and sceptical of power. However, people are passionate
about politics – when they see it affects them. So our challenge
is to bridge the chasm between government and governed. Our third
term will build upon our unprecedented programme of constitutional
reform embedding a culture of devolved government at the centre and
self-government in our communities.