A survey of Connexions services, which provide careers advice and guidance to young people, reveals more than one in 10 face budget cuts of up to 50 per cent, with one in seven stating they are suffering reductions of £2m or more.
Out of 65 heads of Connexions, 56 responded to the survey. More than one in five said universal services will come under the most strain, with high street Connexions centres and guidance in schools particularly at risk.
"For these cuts to take place half way through the year you have got to at least double the figure to make the required level of saving," claimed Paul Chubb, director of Careers England, the membership body for careers guidance organisations. "You cannot, under any circumstances, describe cuts of this magnitude as efficiency savings. What we are seeing is the decimation of a universal public service for young people."
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