Youth chief hits back at Tory MP

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

The shadow children's minister has been challenged to back up claims he made against the quality of local authority youth services.

In a letter to Tim Loughton, Sue Payne, chair of the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services, praised his commitment to young people and voiced support for the National Citizen Service scheme. But she questioned his comment in a CYP Now interview that council-run youth services "leave a lot to be desired".

Payne has asked Loughton to back this up, saying: "Recent Ofsted inspections have shown very positive results."

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