British Prime Minister Tony Blair will unveil on Wednesday a raft of proposals on security, pensions and climate change as he struggles, in his final months in office, to salvage a legacy overshadowed by Iraq.
In the last package of laws of his premiership, Blair wants to show his government, now in its tenth year, has fresh ideas.
But he faces charges from the opposition that he is a lame duck leader of a government that has run out of steam and is hamstrung by rebellious lawmakers.
Queen Elizabeth will present Blair's final legislative slate to parliament in a pomp-filled ceremony at 1130 GMT.
"We will put forward an ambitious legislative programme designed to tackle the most serious long-term challenges we face," Blair wrote on his Downing Street office's website.
Tackling global warming and reforming pensions will be part of that agenda. On crime and security, new measures will address "how we continue re-balancing the criminal justice system in favour of the law-abiding majority," he added.
Blair, however, could face opposition from lawmakers in his ruling Labour Party to some of his anti-terrorism measures and critics say he will go out with a whimper rather than a bang.
Labour's once massive majority was slashed in a 2005 election, partly due to voter anger over the Iraq war, and his announcement that he would not seek a fourth term has emboldened party rebels to oppose him in parliament.
Blair is expected to step down by mid-2007. He was forced in September to say he would go within a year to quell a revolt among Labour lawmakers who increasingly see as a liability the man who was their best electoral asset.
This legislative agenda is largely a joint effort between Blair and Finance Minister Gordon Brown, tipped to succeed him.
The Conservatives, who analysts say have a shot at winning the next election, expected in 2009, say the government is rehashing old ideas and is obsessed with its leadership.
Blair's pension reforms will focus on restoring the link between rises in the basic state pension and earnings by 2012 and boosting women's retirement income.
On security, he will seek greater powers to seize terrorists' assets and to tighten control orders under which suspected terrorists are kept under virtual house arrest.
He may also reintroduce plans to extend the maximum 28-day limit under which terrorism suspects can he held without trial.
The government is also expected to propose new ways to tackle knife crime and anti-social behaviour.
Despite global warming being high on Blair's agenda, environmentalists expect the climate change bill to contain little of substance and criticise the government for failing to back annual targets on carbon emissions.