The strategy, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on Thursday, includes a commitment by the government to undertake a review of statutory guidance for councils to provide "appropriate local youth services".
It said the review will provide "greater clarity of the government's expectations, including the value added by good youth work" as a result of significant changes to the way services for young people are delivered since it was last scrutinised in 2012.
Both the Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Children's Services welcomed the strategy's focus on the positive contribution youth work can make to young people's life chances.
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