The letter, from 15 youth organisations representing more than eight million young people, follows comments made by Gove last month, in which he suggested that youth policy is not a central government priority.
A survey supporting the letter, carried out by the organisations, revealed that 92 per cent of young people feel ministers do too little to show they care about young people, while 95 per cent said youth policy should be a key priority for national government.
The letter described Gove’s comments as “alarming”, adding that the thinking could put the future of young people in the UK “at risk”.
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