Crime, immigration and entrenching public service reform will be the focus of the prime minister's remaining time in office.
Briefings given to reporters following Tony Blair's farewell speech at the Labour conference outlined a 39-point programme which will be the centrepiece of the Queen's Speech in November.
According to the Guardian, the plan, immediately dubbed "Tony's in-tray", includes a criminal justice bill in the autumn, an immigration and nationality bill in the spring, and white papers on rail, energy and local government.
A briefing document said the prime minister would make "security the centrepiece of the next legislative programme, with measures to manage migration, to tackle organised crime and to continue our crusade against anti-social behaviour".
According to the Times, the plans include:
- Incentives for police forces to seize criminal assets.
- More summary fines which could be issued on the spot by police.
- New mobile courts so communities can see justice being done.
- New prisons and tougher sanctions on repeat offenders.
The prime minister is said to want to embed his reforms of the NHS by extending the use of privately-owned treatment and diagnostic centres, and by encouraging private groups to fill gaps in GP provision.
Blair also hopes to build more trust schools and academies, reform child support and incapacity benefit, and reintroduce the earnings link for state pensions.
There are also plans to introduce road pricing within a decade, and reach a consensus on House of Lords reform.
Blair's conference speech pledge to use his remaining time in office to try to end the Middle East conflict has been interpreted as a sign he will stay in the job until well into next year.
In an interview with BBC Radio 4's Today programme, education secretary Alan Johnson said: "If the prime minister says: 'I want to use the rest of my time to try to resolve the Middle East problem in the same way we tried to tackle the Northern Ireland problem', I think it suggests he's not thinking about a couple of weeks. It's a big problem.
"But I really think people now are saying: 'Tony, the date you step down is a matter for you and it would be crazy to name a date.'"








