Speaking in advance of his party's conference in Manchester, Loughton tells CYP Now that policies for the children's and youth sector are to play a significant role in the party's general election campaign.
Loughton takes pride in his affinity with the sector. He is renowned for spending significant amounts of time speaking face-to-face with key figures and frontline practitioners. This has led to some suggestions that his party worries he might have got too close and "gone native".
"That's a new one on me," he says. "There's no danger of me going native. I have been doing this job longer than any other shadow minister on our side. That either means David Cameron thinks I am doing a good job or they have forgotten about me!" he quips.
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