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Future of youth minister role undecided following Huddleston’s departure

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The government is still to decide on the future of the role of youth minister following the departure of Nigel Huddleston from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Nigel Huddleston has been named as a government whip. Picture: Parliament UK
Nigel Huddleston has been named as a government whip. Picture: Parliament UK

Huddleston took on the role of civil society and youth minister last October as part of his wider brief overseeing policy for sport, heritage and tourism, to give him one of the broadest ministerial remits in government.

The government is now deciding whether youth policy will continue to be part of this wider brief or to resurrect the dedicated role of civil society and youth minister, CYP Now understands.

DCMS's young people and charities remit had been held by Baroness Barran until last year but was axed and merged into Huddleston’s remit when she moved to the Department for Education to become a schools minister.

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