I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.

Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government

I can tell you I'm pretty middle-class.

We believe the 36, nearly 40, billion pound discount given for a right to buy houses took a million houses out of the public housing sector which is desperately needed for rent.

The Green Belt is a Labour achievement - and we mean to build on it.

Perhaps if England and Scotland together had one team we could at least beat the Germans.

What we are beginning to witness is a whole new set of rules for economics, based on rationing resources.