Nine Getting it together: new money and better partnerships
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Ruth Lupton
Abstract
This chapter provides a better understanding of the benefits of new money and having better partnerships of agencies. Most of the new activity was funded through special funding programmes, the ‘funny money’ as it was often referred to. This money draws attention to what was not happening, which was an increase in core local authority, police, or health services. Joined-up government took on a new prominence under New Labour and was a major theme in the National Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy. The new programmes all had an emphasis on community involvement, and provided new opportunities and better structures for local people to influence decisions. In every area, partnership working between agencies had improved. Thus, in the way that regeneration was being tackled, it appeared that some of the lessons of the past had been learnt. There were positive signs of change.
Abstract
This chapter provides a better understanding of the benefits of new money and having better partnerships of agencies. Most of the new activity was funded through special funding programmes, the ‘funny money’ as it was often referred to. This money draws attention to what was not happening, which was an increase in core local authority, police, or health services. Joined-up government took on a new prominence under New Labour and was a major theme in the National Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy. The new programmes all had an emphasis on community involvement, and provided new opportunities and better structures for local people to influence decisions. In every area, partnership working between agencies had improved. Thus, in the way that regeneration was being tackled, it appeared that some of the lessons of the past had been learnt. There were positive signs of change.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of acronyms xii
- Introduction 1
- The 12 disadvantaged areas 15
- Historical poverty and the roots of decline 39
- The 1990s: decline and divergence 67
- Management failure 99
- Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma 111
- Attempts at regeneration 123
- New Labour and neighbourhood renewal 141
- Making a difference? 155
- Getting it together: new money and better partnerships 161
- Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy 175
- New solutions? 191
- The end of Poverty Street? 205
- Bibliography 221
- Index 235
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of tables, figures and boxes viii
- Acknowledgements x
- List of acronyms xii
- Introduction 1
- The 12 disadvantaged areas 15
- Historical poverty and the roots of decline 39
- The 1990s: decline and divergence 67
- Management failure 99
- Social interaction and neighbourhood stigma 111
- Attempts at regeneration 123
- New Labour and neighbourhood renewal 141
- Making a difference? 155
- Getting it together: new money and better partnerships 161
- Drivers of change: population, housing and the economy 175
- New solutions? 191
- The end of Poverty Street? 205
- Bibliography 221
- Index 235
