Youth services
Youth service review launched
A review has been launched into statutory guidance for councils on youth service provision.
Lib Dem leadership hopeful promises devolution revolution
Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Jo Swinson has said that if she is elected to the top role this summer ‘ we will oversee a devolution revolution’ .
Westminster announces u-turn on cuts to youth services
Westminster City Council leader Nickie Aiken has admitted the council made a mistake when it cut funding to youth services.
LGA decries youth offending budget cut
Government funding to prevent young people entering a life of crime has reduced, sparking disappointment from the Local Government Association (LGA).
Councils left in dark over youth offending budgets
Funding uncertainty is undermining councils’ efforts to tackle knife crime and County Lines drug dealing, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.
4 wheel drive woman on... youth crime
Gosh Tarquin, with all this talk of knife crime, mummy doesn’t want to drop you off at prep without a bodyguard. Whatever would I do if some machete-wielding gang member did something ghastly to my precious boy? I’d never forgive myself.