There’s no bigger champion of Barking & Dagenham than Darren Rodwell. Born and bred in the area, aspiration for the people of the borough runs through Darren’s veins like water down a river. No one wants more for them, and nothing is too good.
The pandemic, and now the cost of living crisis, has exposed huge inequalities everywhere including in Barking & Dagenham – inequalities that accelerated as former industrial communities shed jobs and the opportunities that came with them.
Darren’s response
‘We must build – just like they did when they built the Becontree Estate 100 years ago. We have always been home to London’s workers. It is our responsibility to intervene in the economy, not sit back or wait for the market to bring things to us.’ Hence, initiatives to secure training and jobs for residents in film and food, support for a new international rail terminal, the Thames Freeport with worker’s rights locked in, a new overground station at Barking Riverside, and a campaign to tunnel the A13, and more.
Inclusive Growth Consultancy is committed to working with communities to secure the investment and infrastructure that can help realise the plan to keep building a better future for everyone.
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