THERE was a clear message at the General Election to me as MP and to the Government.

It was a message that, while you shared our priorities, you wanted to see us deliver more and faster.

You want Redditch's schools and hospitals improved, crime tackled, more help for hard-working families and pensioners but also want unemployment and mortgages kept as low as possible.

I promise that we've got this message.

The evidence was in the Queen's Speech that was debated in Parliament last week.

So in the heath service, we are making sure that more power and more money is passed down to local level.

And the extra investment - a six per cent average increase above inflation each year - will also enable the NHS to recruit the extra 10,000 doctors and 20,000 nurses needed to help give Redditch the health service you and I - want.

The Alexandra's accident and emergency department already has the best consultant care it has ever seen but I know the hospital has ambitious plans.

The Queen's Speech also set out how we will step up the war against crime through better co-operation across police forces.

We are setting up a high-powered agency to confiscate the proceeds of crime with new measures to reform the courts system, strengthen protection against sex offenders and crack down on hooligans.

We are going to simplify and improve support for families through a single Tax Credit that will reward work and tackle child poverty.

And pensioners will be helped through the Pensions Credit to reward those who have saved for their retirement.

It means a busy year ahead in Parliament.

But it also means the reform and investment needed to help deliver the local services that so many people talked to me about during the election campaign.