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GOVERNMENT: Hodge furore sees green paper on children at risk postponed

9 July 2003, Young People Now

The outcry surrounding Margaret Hodge's appointment as children and young people's minister has seen publication of the long-awaited green paper on children at risk postponed. The green paper, due to...

VOTES AT 16: Camden pushes for votes for the young

9 July 2003, Young People Now

Camden Council's youth panel is to ask central Government for powers to allow 16-year-olds the right to vote in local elections, as part of recommendations that also call for a...

DRUGS: Brent launches hard-hitting campaign

9 July 2003, Young People Now

Brent Council has launched a controversial campaign to raise awareness of the London borough's teenage drug services. The £50,000, three-month campaign, Drugs F**k You Up, has already been banned from...

SCOTLAND: Delegates plan trip to World Congress

9 July 2003, Young People Now

The Scottish Youth Parliament is taking 20 young delegates to Casablanca, in Morocco, to take part in the World Congress of Youth 2003, on 16-28 August. They will join 1,000...

PARTICIPATION: Report calls for MPs to be youth-friendly

9 July 2003, Young People Now

Young people need easier access to politicians, according to the MP whose constituency office has published a report on political participation. Alan Whitehead, Labour MP for Southampton Test, last week...

CONNEXIONS: Greater Merseyside strike suspended

9 July 2003, Young People Now

A three-day strike due to be held by 500 Greater Merseyside Connexions workers on 1 July was suspended at the last minute, following intervention by conciliation service Acas. The long-running...

ARTS BEAT: County culture

9 July 2003, Young People Now

Young people aged 11 to 25 in Warwickshire had the chance to show off their skills to the whole county in a daylong youth arts event called Manifesto on 29...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Children's Trust pilots

9 July 2003, Young People Now

The Department of Health is to announce the list of local authorities due to set up Children's Trust pilots in the next two weeks. The trusts will see authorities set...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Drugs guidance

9 July 2003, Young People Now

Professionals who work with young people on issues relating to drugs are being asked to comment on the consultation draft of Drugs: Guidance for Schools. The DfES is seeking comments...

NEWS IN BRIEF: Toon teens

9 July 2003, Young People Now

A grant of £9,000, awarded this week, will enable three teenagers from the Toon Teen Bar youth group in Sandyford, Newcastle, to take part in a trip to Poland to...