Matthew Hulbert, a Lib Dem party member and co-founder of a new group, the Lib Dem Friends of Youth Services, said he is putting forward a motion at the party’s annual conference calling for an urgent review of youth services and for funding to be restored wherever possible.
“An amendment is being put to that which will also call for the funding of youth services to be put on a statutory footing, which has my support,” he said.
Following May’s general election the influence of the Liberal Democrats has declined significantly – with representation in parliament falling from 57 seats to just eight.
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