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Great Britain
Public Policy
Vincent Sweet
January 13th 2010
1st hour
Economic Performance
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Economic Rank
th in the world according to the
 Great Britain ranked 16
world Bank (2008)
 Poverty
 22% or 13.5 million people are at or below the poverty
line. (May 2009)
 Unemployment
 7.6% (May 2009)
 National Debt
 56.8 % of GDP
Social Welfare
 Education
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The U.K system of education is devolved
• U.K government oversees England, Scottish
Government, and the Welsh
• Northern Ireland Executive is responsible for
Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
• 13% of total expenditures go toward education
• Compulsory Attendance is in effect
• Sec of State of Children Schools and Family
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Edward Michael Balls
Social Welfare cont.
 Health
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About 59 million people (2001 census)
100% of the population is covered by health
care. 7 million have private insurers.
Spending for health care has increased by 43
billion Euros in the last five years
Secretary of State of Health
• Andy Burnham
Freedoms in Great Britain
(Domestic)
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Right to Life
Freedom of Expression and
Conscience
Right to Assemble
Right to personal privacy
No arbitrary search and
seizures
Right to bodily integrity
Right to personal liberty
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Freedom of Associations
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Right to participate in
government
Right to protection of the law
Right to Property
Economic and Social Rights
Gender Recognition
Rights granted by the European Union
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One is allowed to move freely between member states
 Provide services in another member state
 Move capital between member states
 Move goods between member states without Restriction
 Equal Treatment and Pay in the workplace
 Right to vote in any member state
 Right to petition the European Parliament.
Environment
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The United Kingdom is the largest producer of oil and natural gas in
the EU.
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4 billion barrels in 2006
Consumed 1.8 billion gallons per day back in 2005
coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold,
tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica
sand, slate, arable land are natural resources found in
the U.K
The U.K continues to lower greenhouse gas emission,
so far it has met the Kyoto Protocol of 12.5% in 10 years
Population and Migration
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Roughly 61,400,000 people according to the
world bank (2008)
 Great Britain did not let many immigrants in until
1980’s, as of today the U.K exports more people
than imports.
 Great Britain is not ethnically diverse at all
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89.9% of population is White
4.9% of population is Asian
2.3% of population is Black
Economic Development
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With the recession economic development has
come to a crawl, just like the rest of the world
 But Gordon Brown frequently says on PMQ’s
that G.B is doing better than the other countries
in the EU.
 It also seems Gordon Brown has problems
passing any legislation to help out the dying
economy due to the Conservative Party.