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  just to illustrate an independent view of the "big society".
  
  Britain's poorest areas will be left behind by David Cameron's Big Society, a major report will warn tomorrow, as two polls show that the public are increasingly confused by the concept.
  
  
  The Prime Minister will try to revive his faltering mission to boost social action and community volunteering next week - on the eve of President Obama's visit to Britain - by highlighting success stories that illustrate his vision of a Big Society.
  
  But a hard-hitting report into the scheme by an independent cross-party commission will say that the Government's enthusiasm for it risks being undermined by "over-rapid and poorly managed public spending cuts" to the voluntary sector, particularly in low-income areas.

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