At a Labour Party fringe debate organised by Children & Young People Now and The National Youth Agency, Richard Angell, chair of the Young Labour National Committee, said: "Services for young people always get cut first because young people can't stage a fightback in the ballot box." Angell said 16- and 17-year-olds should be given the vote "because they have to be positive about the future".
Peter Watt, chief executive of The Campaign Company, which has helped to devise the Young Mayor Network, said youth services might be deemed easy to cut.
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