The Coalition for Young People, which launched at last year's party conferences, is calling for more investment to create "excellent" facilities for young people in their community, subsidised public transport for under-18s and help, information and advice for all young people, with personalised support packages for those who need it.
The coalition partners are the National Youth Agency, 4Children, Clubs for Young People, National Children's Bureau, the National Council for Volunteer Youth Services, UK Youth and the UK Youth Parliament.
Anne Longfield, chief executive of 4Children, said: "Although there will be huge competition across all political parties in the run up to the next election, we need to keep young people's needs at the centre of all policy and decision making.
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