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New Deal (UK)

The New Deal is the name of a scheme introduced in the United Kingdom by the year-old Labour government in 1998. The purpose was to reduce unemployment by providing training, subsidised employment and voluntary work to the unemployed. Spending on the New Deal was £1.3 billion in 2001.

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