Barking and Dagenham Council is committed to building a more inclusive economy that offers more and better jobs for residents, underpinned by long term targets to reduce unemployment and low pay, alongside a preventative approach to services that seeks to increase the resilience, wellbeing and independence of local communities. The Council’s ambition is to support a shift towards a ‘cleaner’, more sustainable economy, by working to attract, invest in and facilitate the arrival of new sectors and organisations offering better paid, better skilled jobs, as well as supporting growth and improvement in the ‘everyday economy’ where most people work.