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General Election 2024: How Labour's win could impact the children and young people’s sector

3 mins read Children's Services
The children and young people's sector has welcomed Labour's landslide win in the general election, and has urged Keir Starmer's party to deliver on key manifesto pledges to boost youth services and support for mental health.
Labour won with a landslide majority. Picture: X/ Keir Starmer
Labour won with a landslide majority. Picture: X/ Keir Starmer

Starmer's party won by a majority of 412 seats, with the Conservative Party taking just 121 seats.

In its manifesto published ahead of polling day, the party included a raft of pledges for the children and young people’s sector.

Key promises include a £95mn investment in Young Futures Hubs, run by youth workers, mental health support workers, and careers advisers and designed to support young people’s mental health and reduce levels of children being drawn into crime. The policy was first announced by former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, who retained her seat in Pontefract.

The children’s sector has welcomed the new government, but acknowledges that they must work hard to solve long-standing issues.

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