1BroxbourneBury Green Ward15Cheshire West & ChesterEllesmere Port2King's LynnNorth Lynn16CumbriaCleator Moor3LeicesterNew Parks17LiverpoolSpeke4LincolnAbbey Ward18BirminghamKingstanding, Stockland Green & Erdington5NottinghamAspley19BirminghamDruids Heath, Brandwood Ward6Barking & DagenhamRiver20BirminghamBartley Green & Weoley7Barking & DagenhamBecontree21StokeBlurton8Barking & DagenhamThames22StokeBurslem & Shelton9Barking & DagenhamHeath23Milton KeynesTinkers Bridge, Woughton Ward10BromleyCray Valley & Mottingham24North SomersetWestern-Super-Mare Central Ward11BexleyColyers & North End25PooleBourne Valley, Rossmore12GatesheadFelling26SwindonPark Ward, Walcot East13SunderlandCastle, Redhill & Southwick27North LincolnshireCaistor Road Estate, Barton ward14Blackburn with DarwenLittle Harwood1BroxbourneBury Green Ward15Cheshire West & ChesterEllesmere Port2King's LynnNorth Lynn16CumbriaCleator Moor3LeicesterNew Parks17LiverpoolSpeke4LincolnAbbey Ward18BirminghamKingstanding, Stockland Green & Erdington5NottinghamAspley19BirminghamDruids Heath, Brandwood Ward6Barking & DagenhamRiver20BirminghamBartley Green & Weoley7Barking & DagenhamBecontree21StokeBlurton8Barking & DagenhamThames22StokeBurslem & Shelton9Barking & DagenhamHeath23Milton KeynesTinkers Bridge, Woughton Ward10BromleyCray Valley & Mottingham24North SomersetWeston-Super-Mare Central Ward11BexleyColyers & North End25PooleBourne Valley, Rossmore12GatesheadFelling26SwindonPark Ward, Walcot East13SunderlandCastle, Redhill & Southwick27North LincolnshireCaistor Road Estate, Barton ward14Blackburn with DarwenLittle Harwood

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The government is naming 27 areas which it says need intensive support to survive pressures from recession, migration and social change.	The government is naming 27 areas which it says need intensive support to survive pressures from recession, migration and social change.
Communities Secretary John Denham said the areas would be targeted to help residents understand they had not been forgotten by decision-makers.	Communities Secretary John Denham said the areas would be targeted to help residents understand they had not been forgotten by decision-makers.
A full list of 130 areas is being finalised over the coming months.	A full list of 130 areas is being finalised over the coming months.
The move comes amid internal government debates about how best to reach out to disenchanted white working classes.	The move comes amid internal government debates about how best to reach out to disenchanted white working classes.
The areas, some as small as a housing estate, have been identified from economic data, broader measures of what local people think and analysis from local officials.	The areas, some as small as a housing estate, have been identified from economic data, broader measures of what local people think and analysis from local officials.
	ENGLISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TARGETED IN FIRST WAVE North West: Blackburn with Darwen, Cheshire West & Chester, Cumbria and LiverpoolNorth East: Sunderland and GatesheadMidlands: Birmingham, Stoke, Nottingham, Leicester and LincolnSouth West: Poole, N Somerset and SwindonSouth/London: Milton Keynes, Bexley, Bromley and Barking and DagenhamEast: Broxbourne and King's Lynn Yorks/Humber: North Lincolnshire See the full list Send us your comments
Many of the areas to be targeted are predominantly white and working class where traditional jobs have gone amid dramatic social changes.	Many of the areas to be targeted are predominantly white and working class where traditional jobs have gone amid dramatic social changes.
Some have seen a rise in far-right political activity or long-term anti-social behaviour problems.	Some have seen a rise in far-right political activity or long-term anti-social behaviour problems.
ENGLISH LOCAL AUTHORITIES TARGETED IN FIRST WAVE North West: Blackburn with Darwen, Cheshire West & Chester, Cumbria and LiverpoolNorth East: Sunderland and GatesheadMidlands: Birmingham, Stoke, Nottingham, Leicester and LincolnSouth West: Poole, N Somerset and SwindonSouth/London: Milton Keynes, Bexley, Bromley and Barking and DagenhamEast: Broxbourne and King's Lynn Yorks/Humber: North Lincolnshire See the full list Send us your comments
Others have seen a collapse in trust in local authorities and services and resentment over the arrival of Eastern European workers. In all cases, existing funding and regeneration plans have not led to a change in perceptions.	Others have seen a collapse in trust in local authorities and services and resentment over the arrival of Eastern European workers. In all cases, existing funding and regeneration plans have not led to a change in perceptions.
Mr Denham said £12m would be spent across the areas to work out exactly why people in these areas feel aggrieved and under pressure.	Mr Denham said £12m would be spent across the areas to work out exactly why people in these areas feel aggrieved and under pressure.
He said he wanted to combat a perception that some areas were favoured over others in a competition for resources. Mr Denham called on people in the targeted areas to speak out, even if their fears raised "difficult and uncomfortable issues".	He said he wanted to combat a perception that some areas were favoured over others in a competition for resources.
Mr Denham said: "These are communities that are under a great deal of pressure, they have certainly had a lot of money invested in them but lives have changed.	Mr Denham called on people in the targeted areas to speak out, even if their fears raised "difficult and uncomfortable issues".
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	He said: "These are communities that are under a great deal of pressure, they have certainly had a lot of money invested in them but lives have changed.
"Work has changed, migration may have changed the communities, people feel that there a lot of competition for social housing and other resources in the community."	"Work has changed, migration may have changed the communities, people feel that there a lot of competition for social housing and other resources in the community."
The initiative comes amid continuing pressure from some town halls for help in how to deal with massive social change in areas which have never had to deal with it before.	The initiative comes amid continuing pressure from some town halls for help in how to deal with massive social change in areas which have never had to deal with it before.
Some councils have told government they have struggled to maintain the confidence of local people who feel they had been left behind as policymakers have appeared to focus on the needs of incomers.	Some councils have told government they have struggled to maintain the confidence of local people who feel they had been left behind as policymakers have appeared to focus on the needs of incomers.
Mr Denham denied these areas had been largely "forgotten" by policymakers, but acknowledged that some were susceptible to extremist far-right recruitment if people's grievances were not dealt with.	Mr Denham denied these areas had been largely "forgotten" by policymakers, but acknowledged that some were susceptible to extremist far-right recruitment if people's grievances were not dealt with.
"These are areas where we know that people will often say, I'm not sure that someone is speaking up for us, does anyone really understand what is happening to our lives."	"These are areas where we know that people will often say, I'm not sure that someone is speaking up for us, does anyone really understand what is happening to our lives."
"We have to demonstrate that people do and that we are on the side of every community in this country, no special favours, privileges, just fairness."	"We have to demonstrate that people do and that we are on the side of every community in this country, no special favours, privileges, just fairness."
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