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Barking and Dagenham

Using data and technology to improve people’s lives

Authors and contributors: SA Mathieson, Martin Ferguson

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Voting for Nazis, poor life expectancy, teen pregnancy and unprecedented levels of domestic abuse. That was Barking and Dagenham in 2006. With considerable pressure on austerity trimmed budgets and a high-level of social disengagement, read how one London borough has used data intelligently to engage residents, improve outcomes and change an internal culture.