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Youth justice figures in frame for police commissioner posts

Two senior figures with links to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) have put themselves forward as potential candidates for the new police and crime commissioner roles.

It has emerged that Alan Billings, who sits on the board of the YJB, features on the Labour candidates’ shortlist for South Yorkshire, and Bob Ashford, until recently director of strategy at the YJB, is one of two potential Labour candidates for the Avon and Somerset post.

From November, commissioners will take responsibility for local policing, taking charge of large pots of public money, including a proportion of the cash currently channelled directly to youth offending teams (YOTs).

The YJB has previously said that providing advice to YOTs on how to get the best out of the new arrangements will be a priority in the run up to the introduction of commissioners.

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