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Government looks into rights scheme

4 October 2006, Young People Now

Education minister Alan Johnson has said he is interested in learning from a children and young people's rights project that has been running in Hampshire for four years. The Rights,...

Welsh minister calls for more workers

4 October 2006, Young People Now

The Welsh Assembly Government is hoping to capitalise on a drop in the child population to increase the amount of training for youth workers. Jane Davidson, the assembly government minister...

Labour Party Conference: Queen's Speech to look at offender service bill

4 October 2006, Young People Now

The Queen's Speech this autumn will include proposals for a bill to move forward the development of the National Offender Management Service. The service is designed to improve support for...

Labour Party Conference: Spending review to focus on training

4 October 2006, Young People Now

The education minister has said his priority in the Comprehensive Spending Review is to guarantee a place on an Apprenticeship scheme for every young person who is eligible. Alan Johnson's...

Labour Party Conference: Youth service budgets will be a priority in spending review

4 October 2006, Young People Now

The minister for children and young people, Beverley Hughes, has said youth services will be a priority for spending when departmental budgets are reviewed next year, but warned the overall...

Crowning achievement

4 October 2006, Young People Now

Connal Kellehr and Denilson Campina from Bethnal Green Technology College visit the Tower of London with Leap Confronting Conflict, to share experiences of conflict. The initiative was supported by the...

Quote of the week

4 October 2006, Young People Now

Reforming public services is not a betrayal of socialism; it actually enables it. Good youth work is a form of redistribution National Youth Agency chief executive Tom Wylie addresses youth...

In brief: Labour Party Conference

4 October 2006, Young People Now

The Every Disabled Child Matters campaign is lobbying for a private member's bill to create a minimum entitlement to short breaks for families with disabled children....

In brief: Labour Party Conference

4 October 2006, Young People Now

Fourteen private and voluntary sector residential care organisations have formed the Child Care Coalition to support extremely vulnerable looked-after young people....

In brief: Children's services

4 October 2006, Young People Now

A senior children's sector source admitted to "general disbelief" about the suspension of Christine Davies, corporate director for children and young people at Telford and Wrekin Council, pending an investigation....