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16 Feb 22
Young care leavers in Wales will have access to a minimum monthly payment from the government as part of a pilot scheme to test the effects a basic income might have on poverty, employment and health.
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21 Jan 20
Local authority spending on youth services in England and Wales has fallen by 70% since 2010, a charity has found.
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25 Sep 19
Average spending by individual councils in England on youth services has crashed by 69% since 2010, analysis has found.
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15 Jul 19
Food bank usage is expected to rise again when schools break up this summer, a charity has said.
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16 May 19
The Children’s Commissioner has called on councils to provide information on detained children in their area, in a study out today.
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16 Apr 19
Council spending on services for young people in England has plummeted by 70% since 2010, analysis has found.
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7 Mar 19
Local authority spending on services for young people in England has dropped by 18% over the last four years, figures have shown.
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8 May 18
Young people should receive a £10,000 windfall at the age of 25 to bridge the generational wealth gap, an expert commission has recommended.
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18 Jul 16
Younger people were “short-changed” by the European Union referendum campaign, which was overwhelmingly narrow and negative, a think-tank said today.
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10 Feb 16
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.
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5 Nov 15
The Youth Justice Board has confirmed it will cut funding to youth offending teams by £9m before April in an attempt to make £13.5m in budget savings.
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3 Oct 15
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...
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17 Sep 15
Proposed in-year cuts to the funding for youth offending teams in England and Wales will undermine early intervention work and are likely lead to higher costs in the future, the government has been...
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5 Jun 15
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...