Policy Announcements, Friday 22 June

Government  

• Gordon Brown has said he has learned his lesson about "top-down" government and has pledged to involve ordinary people in his decisions. He told BBC News the public needed to be fully involved if big challenges like climate change were to be tackled. He also agreed that tax as a percentage of national income had risen under Labour, but said people supported the decision to increase NHS funding. The Tories have accused Mr Brown of being addicted to "state control".