David Simmonds, chair of the Local Government Association’s children and young people board, said the loss of Tim Loughton as children’s minister has resulted in things going “very quiet” on youth services from central government, less than a year after the publication of Positive for Youth.
“There have been big changes with ministers, as we know,” Simmonds told delegates at the Confederation of Heads of Young People’s Services (Chyps) convention in Sheffield.
“There was quite a strong focus on youth issues from Tim Loughton. We now have a new minister with some very big [legislative] bills. It feels to me that the government has lost its focus [on youth services].
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