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Discusses the report `White Paper on Regional Development Agencies' published by Great Britain in December 1997 which described the economic performance of the country. Failure of the conventional regional economic policy; Examination on the flaws of the economic policies implemented by the government; Aim of the country to level with its international competitors; Strategies and policies which the government should launch to spur economic development.

Examines the future of poverty problem in Great Britain when the policies of the Labour Party government of Prime Minister Tony Blair are pursued. Features of poverty growth in the country; Statistics on poverty growth from 1979 to 1945; Unemployment in the country; Discussion on the social security policy of the government.