Speaking in a debate on gangs and youth violence in the House of Commons, Labour MP for Westminster North Karen Buck said that funding for youth violence initiatives "was short term, piecemeal and fragmented".
Referring to a project in Westminster that was funded for 30 weeks and another where funding "went and came back again", she said: "It is almost counterproductive to be in a situation where young people build up a connection with a scheme and then the scheme is gone after six months and the relationships with those youth workers are dissipated.
"When I talk to young people, the response they have when a project comes to an end is that ‘it just shows how very little people care about us because when we are involved in projects that are important, no sooner do we get connected with them then they are over’."
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