Children's centres and youth services have been two of the worst-affected areas of the children and young people sector as a result of central government's drive to cut costs since 2010.
Analysis by CYP Now earlier this year revealed that there has been a reduction of more than 1,000 official children's centres in England with 2,501 as of February 2017, compared with 3,631 in 2010. Meanwhile, government figures show that spending on youth services was cut by £99.1m between 2014/15 and 2015/16.
Labour's draft manifesto indicates that the party will seek to arrest the decline in both service areas.
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