The Conservative party has said that if elected it will reform the House of Lords, reduce the number of MPs and champion "people power".
The Tories launched their manifesto today – it contains a series of proposals that would have profound effects on parliament.
"The top-down model of power that exists in Britain today is completely out of date," says the manifesto.
"The argument that has applied for well over a century – that in every area of life we need people at the centre to make sense of the world for us and take decisions on our behalf – has collapsed."
Speaking at today's launch Cameron said his party "can restore faith in our shattered political system".
They are proposing new powers to allow electors to kick out MPs, a power that will be triggered by proven serious wrongdoing.
The number of MPs will be reduced by ten per cent from 650 to 585.
The Tories also said they will "ensure each vote has equal value by reducing the wide discrepancies between constituency electorate sizes".
There will be a boundary review to implement the changes "within five years".
The party also pledges to "work to secure a consensus for a substantially elected House of Lords".
However, they oppose any change to the first-past-the-post system for Westminster elections "because it gives voters the chance to kick out a government they are fed up with".
A new Parliamentary Privilege Act will make it explicit that parliamentary privilege cannot be "abused by MPs to evade justice".
The Tories also promise to "cut the perks and bureaucracy associated with Parliament to save over £100 million a year".
"We will consult with the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority on how to move away from the generous final-salary pension system for MPs."
The Tories pledged to establish a backbench business committee to give the House of Commons more control over its own timetable and to give MPs the time to scrutinise law effectively.
Under a Cameron administration there will be more free votes and MPs' right to have a free vote on issues of conscience such as abortion will be protected.
The use of the Royal Prerogative will be "subject to greater democratic control so that parliament is properly involved in all big national decisions"
Every government department will be required to publish a business plan, "with senior management accountable to more rigorous departmental boards for their performance".
"We will make it easier to reward the best civil servants and remove the least effective.
"We will reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme to bring it more into line with practice in the private sector.
"We will put a limit on the number of special advisers and protect the impartiality of the civil service.
The Tories also said a new £1 million fund will be established to help people with disabilities who want to become MPs, councillors or other elected officials, funded by the government equalities office.
The Conservatives pledge to "ensure" legislation on devolved issues that only affects England, or England and Wales, can only be passed with the consent of MPs from England, and where applicable Wales.
The party also took a tough line on lobbying.
The Tory manifesto states that they will legislate if there is no proper self-regulation.
Ex-ministers will be barred from lobbying for two years after leaving office and will have to seek advice on business posts for ten years.
Former ministers who break the rules on appointments will be "forced to give up some or all of their ministerial pension".
There will also be new rules to stop central government bodies using public money to hire lobbyists to lobby other government bodies.
The Conservatives said they would also "seek an agreed long-term settlement" on party funding.
They want "an across-the-board cap on donations as part of a comprehensive package of reform" and said it would "mark the end of the big donor era and the sleaze it has sometimes entailed".
More "radical reform" is proposed in the form of new powers for voters to veto excessive council tax rises, demand local referendums in their communities and debates in parliament, and allow citizens to table legislation in the House of Commons.
Any petition that secures 100,000 signatures will be eligible for formal debate in parliament.
"The petition with the most signatures will enable members of the public to table a Bill eligible to be voted on in parliament.
"And we will introduce a new Public Reading Stage for Bills to give the public an opportunity to comment on proposed legislation online."
