Leicester councillors will consider scrapping some youth worker posts and cutting services to make up for an education budget overspend.

The proposed 2.3m cuts, outlined by Leicester City Council's chief financial officer, include saving 208,000 by ending four full-time youth work jobs in schools and reviewing the role of a further six. This could force two youth centres to be downgraded to part-time venues.

The council is also considering scrapping youth work that does not meet targets laid out in its statutory youth work plan. This would save the local authority 71,000 but could cost 49 part-time youth workers their jobs.

Projects earmarked for closure would include those providing "low-level" recreational activity, schemes considered under-used, and those that failed to supply sufficient data about their work.

Councillors have also been asked to consider not filling several part-time youth work vacancies to save another 69,000 - a move that would force youth centres to limit their opening hours.

Several out-of-school clubs and a mobile youth club could also face closure to claw back an additional 123,000. The service's training budget could also be halved.

In his report outlining the cuts Mark Noble, the council's chief financial officer, said: "A recent Ofsted inspection recommended an increase in such training and this proposal is clearly moving in the opposite direction." Councillors will consider the options on Monday (13 June).

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