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| | Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Peter Hetherington meets David Miliband |
 | | Drawing on his speech, Miliband says local area agreements under which councils agree to work in partnership with the government to deliver a set of targets - in Kent's case to reduce welfare dependency - provide one way forward as a practical combination of "democracy and efficiency". |
 | | On reflection, it bore the hallmarks of Miliband and, some suggest, was inspired by the people writing the manifesto with its call for a new, unspecified level of community governance. |
 | | It is a model for other areas and is born, says Miliband, out of the need for efficiency, rather than the case for extending local democracy into a wider sphere. |
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