What kind of beast is this then? This is a discussion paper, not a policy statement. It's a reflection on six years of policy designed to combat social exclusion, assessing what has worked, what hasn't and raising questions as to what happens next.
Social exclusion has been a New Labour buzz word, hasn't it? It certainly has. The Social Exclusion Unit was created within a few months of the 1997 election victory, using exclusion as a shorthand term for what happens to people suffering from linked problems such as unemployment, lack of skills, low income, discrimination, poor housing, high crime, bad health and family breakdown.
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