Local is better. That is the message from the Local Government Association, which recently called on the government to hand over the Youth Contract to local authorities.
The LGA's call for local control of the national youth employment scheme is, it seems, not just a tussle for power but a reflection of the success of devolved versions of the £1bn initiative.
The first results from the national Youth Contract, run by the Department for Education, suggested that it managed to get 27.5 per cent of the 16- and 17-year-olds it worked with during 2013/14 into employment, education or training. It is, the DfE says, a "promising start".
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