The week CYP Now meets Charlie Taylor, he has attended Prime Minister Theresa May's serious youth violence summit and followed up with discussions at Number 10 on what the Youth Justice Board (YJB), which he chairs, will do to ensure commitments made by departments on how to tackle the problem are kept.
Taylor's busy week not only illustrates the extent that his views are valued by those at the top of government, but also highlights how the role of the YJB has changed over the past year.
Since Taylor took over as chair in April 2017, the YJB has seen its budget, workforce and responsibilities significantly shrunk. A key change has been the removal of the board's responsibility to commission youth custody places. This was formally transferred to the Youth Custody Service in January 2018.
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