The Youth Ask campaign describes the offer for youth services made in October’s Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) as “extremely poor”.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced £560m for youth services including £173m ring fenced for the National Citizen Service.
Sunak said the remaining funds would be distributed as part of the Youth Investment Fund (YIF) which was first announced in the Conservative Party’s 2019 general election manifesto.
However, the Youth Ask Campaign has pointed out that the £387m allocated for youth services to be spent over three years is below the £500m initially pledged for the YIF.
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