The social care workforce and the services it delivers across the whole of the sector are to be regulated for the first time. A new General Social Care Council is due to be set up in 2001. The actual start date will depend on when the legislation is approved. The primary aim of the Council will be to drive up standardsAn Advisory Group has been formed to prepare the way for the Council. 

David Blunkett, Secretary for Education and Employment has a vision of job seekers tracking down vacancies while they shop at the supermarket, consult the doctor at the surgery, relax in the community centre or drink coffee in the cyber cafe or beer in the pub. The vision will start to become a reality next year with a budget of 50m pounds from the Capital Modernisation Fund. 

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Reports on how the UK’s Labour Government has increased expenditure on advertising since it took office in 1997. Looks at where the 30% increase has been spent and notices a trend away from trade, industry and crime prevention towards ’social exclusion’ related issues.