What's in this big issue?

Tackling social exclusion has become a major priority across government, coordinating initiatives to end poverty and deprivation and their wider causes and consequences, such as poor education and teenage pregnancy.

This big issue showcases the latest news on efforts to reduce social exclusion, from the work of the government's social exclusion unit and anti-poverty measures, such as tax breaks.

The web review highlights the most useful sites related to social exclusion, from organisations to policy documents.

There are sections covering the latest news and the most recent stories on child poverty, neighbourhood renewal and benefit reform.

For more information on the issues that lead to social exclusion, go to our big issues on homelessness, drugs and alcohol, crime and punishment and mental health.