The aim is to summarise strategies that have been introduced by the government in order to effectively combat 'Social Exclusion'.

Firstly this essay will discuss the meaning of Social Exclusion.

Social Exclusion is a term used for people or areas, which have in common a numerous amount of social problems such as unemployment, poverty, poor housing, bad health, low incomes etc...

Statistics from the 'New Policy Institute' 1998/99 indicates the type of people whom would be deemed

'Socially excluded' they are as follows; homeless, lone parents, disability/learning difficulties, mentally ill, elderly, refugees etc...

People are excluded from fully taking part in society by the pricing and policies of suppliers the people who cannot get a credit card or a bank account due to 'poor credit rating' or people who cannot insure their house due to the area they live in .

In the past Tory and Labour governments alike have tried and failed to deal with the above problems. However the 'New Labour' government in December 1997 set up what is known as a 'Social Exclusion Unit', t

a) Better support for people on route out of care, prison and the armed forces.

Economists may say that unemployment comes from social exclusion, but by having a job does that automatically mean that one is 'socially included', statistics prove that one must have a job that is acceptably paid and one that holds prospects for the future.

Alongside the publication of the report was L800m for the 'New Deal for Communities', this is intended to provide help to some of the poorest neighbourhoods. The London Borough of Newham is named as one of them.

· L2.5bn Extra Spending on schools and hospitals .

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Approximate Word count = 970
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)