David Cameron: I get the message - but reform takes time When I think back to the last election, this was the change that people most wanted to see. Economic growth that meant rising living standards for all, not just rewards for those in high finance. New jobs that took our unemployed off the register, not just provided work for new arrivals from overseas. A welfare system that meant work paid and idleness didn't. A better chance to buy your own home, feel pride in where you live and have confidence in your children's school. Of course, some things would be more straightforward if I was running a Conservative-only administration, rather than a coalition. And let me be clear, that is my aim after the next election. But I don't accept that we have not made - and cannot continue to make - radical changes. In just two years we have taken on some challenges - such as reforming student finance and public sector pensions - which previous Conservative governments failed to tackle in decades. Even when it comes to Europe, last year we froze the EU budget in real terms, vetoed an EU treaty and put in place a referendum lock so that no government - present or future - can pass powers from Westminster to Brussels without first asking the British people in a referendum. I'm proud of the battles we've fought in the first two years of this Government. Battles that we won in education, so that schools toughen up on exams, insist on discipline, and have the freedom to do what teachers and parents want. Battles that we won against the teeth of Labour opposition on immigration control and welfare reform, too. For the first time ever, we are capping benefits so that no family gets more for not working than an average working family brings home in pay. I know that the battle is not won when the decision is made or the law is passed - but only when it has been fully implemented and actually experienced on the ground. Take one example, housing. We didn't just promise change. We're making it happen. If you own a home, you should have gained from record low interest rates. But far too many people can't get onto the property ladder. Our focus has got to be helping them - the strivers, the battlers, the people with aspiration. That's why we've got our New Buy scheme under way: direct government help to cut the size of deposits people need. That's real action, bricks and mortar laid down and jobs created. New homes need land - which is why last year we promised to find surplus government land for 100,000 homes by 2015 - and we want to go further. Already we've found enough for 102,430 homes, and the first are being built now. So that is what I take from last week. It is not about tacking Right or moving Left. It is about focus, delivery and hard work. There are some who try to help by pointing out that it isn't easy when your party doesn't have a majority and the country has run out of money. Sure. But government is about action, not excuses. I know exactly who, and what, we are fighting for - and I am more determined than ever to deliver.