Young offenders should serve their sentences in secure schools rather than prisons, initial findings from former head teacher Charlie Taylor’s review into youth justice suggest.
Plans to cut funding to youth offending teams by £9m before April will throw agreed local plans to tackle crime into jeopardy and could result in an increase in the number of people in custody...
Services for young people not in employment, education or training will be at risk by the end of the decade unless the government works with local authorities to reach a new funding deal, ministers...
Promises from political parties to devolve power to local areas could double the turnout among young people in next month’s general election, a poll published by the Local Government...