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David Cameron is to say politicians have "betrayed" the public for generations as he again acknowledged voter anger.In a speech in Devon, the Conservative leader is to pledge to "blow apart the old system" of politics and "put people in the driving seat" in future.
Labour and the Lib Dems only offer "the veneer of change", he will argue.
The three parties all insist they have the most far-reaching solutions to restore faith in politics.
While all three back plans to allow the public to "recall" MPs guilty of serious misconduct between elections, they disagree over plans to reform Parliament and the voting system, with Labour and the Lib Dems accusing the Tories of blocking proposals in those areas.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has said he did not believe his rivals' commitments on political reform, describing Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier as a "desperate politician".
This followed a newspaper interview in which Mr Brown called for a "progressive alliance" and appealed to Lib Dem supporters to think about backing his party.
Speaking in Cardiff, Mr Brown said people should be given a say over the future make-up of the House of Commons and the House of Lords and that MPs who misbehave in future "should be out".
Mr Cameron has been under pressure to respond to the bounce in the polls enjoyed by the Lib Dems and to reassert his party's credentials as credible reformers of Parliament, government and the City.
Speaking in Torbay, Mr Cameron will use some of his strongest language yet about the state of the political system, saying that people are "right to be furious" about how politicians have behaved.
"I know that people are angry. They were angry before the sleaze and scandal and sight of ex-ministers saying they were like cabs for hire..and they are angrier now," he is expected to say.
"They have been betrayed by a generation of politicians, by an elite that thinks it knows best."
'Despair'
The Tory leader will outline a seven-point plan to make the political system more accountable to the public.
As well as the right to sack MPs, he will say the Tories will "end the quango state", make ministers directly accountable for their decisions, cut the number of MPs, give the public more say over choosing party candidates and guarantee a referendum on the transfer of any further powers to Europe.
He will also defend the current first-past-the-post Westminster voting system as the best way of allowing the public to vote out unpopular governments. Mr Cameron opposes a referendum on the electoral system backed by Labour and the Lib Dems.
"People despair at the total lack of accountability in our political system," he is expected to say.
"The fundamental strength and justice of our democracy - that the people are the boss, that politicians answer to them - has been turned on its head.
"We need a change in the relationship between the state and the people. Blow apart the old system. Overthrow the old ways. Put people in the driving seat."This article is from the BBC News website. ? British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.