David Cameron has promised 220,000 extra school places as part of Conservative plans to raise school standards and make opportunity more equal.

Speaking at the launch of 'Raising the bar, closing the gap', our Green Paper on education, David said, "It's time for a revolution in the supply of education in this country."

Michael Gove, the Shadow Children's Secretary, set out plans to tackle educational under-achievement in the immediate term through policies such as more teaching by ability and giving teachers more power.

And he laid out plans to increase the number of good school places through a long-term programme that:

- Allows educational charities, co-operatives and parents to set up new schools

- Diverts more resources to pupils who come from disadvantaged backgrounds

- Removes obstacles which prevent new schools being established

These plans for school reform are part of our broader agenda to give people more opportunity and power over their lives - and this Green Paper is the first in a series of such consultation documents.