Labour's shadow minister for voter engagement and youth affairs Cat Smith said the government has treated young people as a "second thought" adding that youth services are currently needed more than ever.
The comments, which coincide with the start of Youth Work Week (6-12 November), where groups such as the National Youth Agency and the British Youth Council are staging events to celebrate youth work, come on the back of analysis of local authority spending figures.
According to figures published by the House of Commons library, following a request by Labour, the amount councils plan to spend on youth services has dropped by more than a half (53.6 per cent) over the past seven years.
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