Under proposals being drawn up between now and the next election – which is due in May 2015 – local authorities would become legally bound to provide a minimum level of provision for young people.
Karen Buck, Labour’s shadow minister for young people, told CYP Now that her party is “very concerned” that local authorities feel able to pass on “massively disproportionate cuts to youth services” as a result of the economic climate.
“Delivery of a quality youth service has to be an essential role for local government whether directly provided or commissioned,” she said. “Clearly we have to protect that by making it a statutory service.”
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