The party's shadow youth minister Steve Reed said that while Labour supports the NCS in principle, he has previously warned of a lack of proper oversight and raised questions about the amount of money being handed to the programme while other youth services are being cut.
He has called on the government to improve the performance of the NCS following what he described as a "damning" report by the public accounts committee and news that a regional provider has gone into liquidation, as revealed by CYP Now on Monday.
The report by the public accounts select committee on the flagship scheme concludes that it is time to "think radically" about what can be learned from the programme's achievements to date in order to fulfil its ambitions.
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