Defrauding local councils, health authorities and NHS Trusts is not difficult in some areas. The Audit Commission, the public spending watchdog, found that there is often no focus on fraud prevention, a weak anti-fraud culture and few meaningful deterrents.More fraud was detected last year than ever before. Fraud in local government was up 18% and exceeded 100m pounds for the first time. 

Cabinet Office Minister Mo Mowlem is to oversee the delivery of social exclusion policies. The Social Exclusion Unit has successfully cut across boundaries in a search for effective policies, but the Whitehall machine has been less successful in delivery.Tony Blair will retain responsibility for social exclusion, but Mo Mowlem will be his eyes and ears on delivery . Her job will be to make sure that policies become a reality.