Opportunity for all
Opportunity for all is the Government’s annual report on poverty and social exclusion, and has been produced since 1999.
This year’s publication provides an update of progress against all of the indicators that monitor progress on tackling poverty and social exclusion. The indicators will be updated at regular intervals on this website.
However, the Government recognises that many challenges remain and that tackling these updated challenges requires a new focus. This is why an updated account of the strategy in the traditional Opportunity for all format is not being published this year. Other documents provide the information on key developments in the poverty and social exclusion strategy and links to these are included below.
Key strategy documents
This section includes links to information and documents on strategies that relate to Opportunity for all. The links go to web pages or documents on other websites as well as the DWP website.
General
- 2007 Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending review (this link will take you to the HM Treasury website)
- Reaching Out: An Action Plan on Social Exclusion (this link will take you to the Cabinet Office website)
- United Kingdom National Action Plan on Social Inclusion, 2006-2008 (752KB)
Children and Young People
- Working for Children Strategy
- Child Poverty Review (this link will take you to the HM Treasury website)
- Healthy Start: a new food welfare scheme (this link will take you to the Department of Health website)
People of Working Age
- In work better off: next steps to full employment (1.1MB)
- World Class Skills: Implementing the Leitch Review of Skills in England (906KB) (this link will take you to the Department for Children, Schools and Families)
Later Life
- Opportunity Age - the government’s strategy for an ageing society
- Security in retirement: towards a new pensions system (1.6MB)
Communities
- Implementing Decent Homes in the Social Sector (this link will take you to the Department for Communities and Local Government website)
- Cutting crime - a new partnership: the Home Office Crime Strategy 2008 (this link will take you to the Home Office website)
Case studies
You can read several case studies that highlight the real impact these strategies are having on people's lives.