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The Barking & Dagenham Partnership is working together for a better Barking & Dagenham.

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Interesting note by Roy Greenslade. "Made in Dagenham - ignore film's flaws, it is right about so much" http://t.co/luptOMe via @guardian

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Well, that was that... for now. More to follow, but check out the liveblog of Big Society in B&D http://bit.ly/aJjLyM

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And we're back for the second workshops... http://bit.ly/aJjLyM Big Society in
Barking & Dagenham?

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And we're back after the coffee break: emerging discussion on Big Society here: http://bit.ly/aJjLyM (Geoff Mulgan was great!)

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The Big Society debate is underway in Barking & Dagenham - liveblogging the event here: http://bit.ly/aJjLyM

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... starting with prep for an event on 'Big Society' and what it means for B&D - only the start of long debate, I think. #bigsociety

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Long time no tweets... bad twitterers! The summer is over, and time to knuckle down for a busy Autumn...

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... And consulting on the Local Economic Assessment. More about that to come on the website shortly.

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Workshops in full flow... Some good and varies discussions. What will happen with new Incapacity Benefit rules, for example?

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Tony Travers at Barking & Dagenham Partnership conference telling us it's critical we make the borough an attractive place to do business.

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Sounds like Tax Increment Finance will be the vehicle for us...

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Good intro to the workshops... Less reliance on public regeneration funding for the future... What is to replace it?

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Barking & Dagenham not to be disproportionately affected by cuts to public sector employment (as share of all employment types)...

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Services in order of appetite for protecting from cuts? See www.barkingdagenhampartnership.org.uk/conferencesummer2010 to download slides.

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5% reduction in local government spending for next 5yrs... More if school exempted. Most radial change in public services since the war.

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'Pro-local government' vs 'pro-local'... What does Big Society mean?

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Tony Travers is up and speaking... How the general election policies are playing out...

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So... Conference about to begin. Are you here??

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Week of events to celebrate the reopening of Valence House and the Borough Museum. Perfect for a summer afternoon. http://bit.ly/cmNWUU