CEEFAX 1 111 Wed 29 Dec 13:08/03 ************ ************************** * *** *** ** ******** *********** ************ ** ******* * ******* BLAIR PAINTS PICTURE OF "NEW BRITAIN" The Prime Minister has said that his Government is laying the foundations of a new and better Britain. In a Millennium message in Sedgefield, Co Durham, his constituency, he said: "We believe we will transform Britain." Mr Blair re-iterated his commitment to education, saying national success depended on a "leap forward" in schools He said he wanted Britain to be seen by the world as a "beacon of tolerance, liberty, fairness and enterprise". Parliament and politics digest... 144 News Index 102 Flash 150 Regional 160