Key pledges unveiled to deliver 'a future fair for all'

No council tax revaluation in next parliament. Cross-party commission will review local government funding system.

Referenda on the same day for introducing Alternative Vote for

elections to the House of Commons and to a "democratic and accountable" Second Chamber.

Improved citizenship education for youngsters and free vote in parliament on reducing the voting age to 16.

Fixed-term parliaments, and setting up an all-party commission to "chart a course" to a written constitution.

Ban MPs from working for lobbying companies, with approval needed for paid outside appointments.

Health & Education

Legal right to cancer test results within one week of referral, one-to-one dedicated nursing for all cancer patients, and maximum 18-week wait for treatment or the offer of going private.

Poor performing NHS trusts could be taken over by top performers.

Routine check-ups for over-40s, and expansion of personal care so patients can choose from any provider meeting NHS standards of quality at NHS costs.

Right to choose a GP open at evenings and weekends, with more services available on the high street.

Spending increased on frontline Sure Start and free childcare, schools and 16-19 learning, and 15 hours a week of flexible, free nursery education for three and four-year-olds.

A 3Rs guarantee will ensure one-to-one and small-group tuition for every primary school child falling behind, while in secondary school every pupil will have a personal tutor.

Crime & Immigration

Pledge to provide enough funding to maintain police and PCSO numbers, with neighbourhood police teams spending 80 per cent of their time on the beat.

Earlier intervention with 50,000 dysfunctional families, with victims of anti-social behaviour able to take out state-funded injunctions if the police or council let them down.

Public will get to vote on punishment for offenders given "community payback" penalties, and commitment for 96,000 prison places by 2014.

Labour forced to address concerns over immigration by pledging extension of funding through charge on migrants, while party says it will "control" immigration through Australian-style points-based system.

Access to benefits and social housing will increasingly be reserved for British citizens and permanent residents.

Families & Work

Four weeks paid paternity leave for fathers, and a new Toddler Tax

Credit of 4 a week from 2012.

Older workers will be able to request flexible working, while the default retirement age of 65 will be removed.

New National Care Service will ensure free care in the home for those with the greatest care needs and a cap on the costs of residential care after two years.

Commission established at start of next parliament will advise on how to fund a comprehensive service from 2015. Proposals will be "put to the public" at the next general election.

Link between the basic state pension and earnings will be restored from 2012, and by 2020 state pension age will rise to 65 for women, and by 2046 to 68 for men and women.

Transport & Green

Promise of new high-speed rail line linking Sheffield and Leeds to London, with "major investment" in existing rail service.

Companies will be forced to offer passengers the cheapest fare, and franchises will be encouraged from mutual enterprises.

Penalties on utilities who allow work to overrun will be increased ten-fold, and no national road pricing in the next Parliament.

Forty per cent of electricity to be low carbon by 2020.

Supermarket Ombudsman to protect farmers and food suppliers, and "encourage" clearer country of origin labelling.

Rural villages "should never be left without essential services" with councils having to ensure the importance of services to the community is taken into account before granting permission to change their use, protecting viable shops and pubs.

Tax & Economy

No increase in income tax during next parliament, but no similar pledge on VAT.

Government-owned banks will be broken up, with consultation on how to help mutuals including possibly turning Northern Rock into one. New Council for Financial Stability and more powers for Financial Services Authority over executive pay.

More shareholder support – two thirds – needed to agree takeovers in wake of Cadbury deal.

National Minimum Wage to rise at least in line with average earnings up to 2015, and Whitehall to introduce higher "Living Wage", while Post Office will be transformed into People's Bank while way left open for part-privatisation of Royal Mail.

Superfast broadband for "vast majority".