Tony Blair's big promise for his second term in office is to deliver on public services. And Labour is planning to achieve that at least partly through private sector investment. The NHS, schools, transport, housing and prisons will all see more private money. BBC correspondents report on the governments effort's so far and its plans for the future
Education
 Private investment to help improve standards
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The government's long-awaited White Paper on education promises to bring private sector management into the running of schools. It's the most controversial part of the proposals but the government sees it as essential in the battle to improve failing schools.
Surrey's privately managed school
The BBC's Mike Baker reports
The Education White Paper
The BBC's Navdip Dhariwal reports
Health The NHS bought this private hospital
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NHS reforms have already seen hospitals and general practices taking on much of the responsibility for running themselves - and new hospitals built with private money. Now the government wants to go further with private sector involvement in treating patients and even running whole hospitals.
Expanding private treatment
The BBC's Karen Allen reports
Treating NHS patients abroad
The BBC's Daniel Sandford reports
Buying private hospitals
The BBC's Karen Allen reports
Housing
 Glasgow has the most council housing in Europe
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The sale of council houses was the largest single privatisation under the Tories. But Labour has even greater ambitions - to transfer the majority of council housing to housing associations in order to raise private finance to deal with a �19bn backlog of repairs.
Selling council homes
The BBC's Iain Watson reports
Private prisons
 Securicor run the private prison in South Wales
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The UK already has a number of privately run prisons. And private security firms provide a range of services in the judicial process. There have been criticisms of the private sector's record but more new privately built prisons are in the pipeline, while new courts will also be built with private finance.
Private prisons criticised
The BBC's John Andrew reports
Transport
 There are worries about the tube's safety
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The government believes private investment is essential if the London Underground is to be modernised. But its vision is not shared by the unions or London mayor Ken Livingstone who say that would jeopardise safety and waste money.
Livingstone loses
The BBC's Simon Montague reports
Byers pledge on safety
Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Byers
Thursday, 6 September, 2001, 11:24 GMT 12:24 UK 
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