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Outline the New Labour government’s initiatives on social exclusion and assess their impact on reducing it.
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Essay Title: Outline the New Labour government's initiatives on social exclusion and assess their impact on reducing it. In order to assess the impact of New Labour's initiatives, it is important first to understand what is meant by the term 'social exclusion'. Secondly, to understand the political landscape New Labour inherited when they came to power in 1997, for it played an influential part on shaping New Labour's political perspective on tackling social exclusion. The Social Exclusion Unit (SEU) defined the term 'Social exclusion... [is] a shorthand term for what can happen when people or areas suffer from a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health, poverty and family breakdown,' (Dutch,2000,p.201). This quote represents a summary of the key characteristics and interconnected factors now being tackled by the Government to eradicate social exclusion. However, it also illustrates the Government's limited perspective...
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