It was anchored in a commitment made at the time by John Denham MP, the deputy home secretary (and minister for youth), to combat the social exclusion of young people.
Dave's story was always a poignant one, although he was not an easy individual. He hated all those professionals who "interfered" in his life, including me, although he probably hated me slightly less.
Twelve years ago, Denham had expressed concern that, despite the apparent success of many of New Labour's commendable youth policy reforms - around, for example, truancy and school exclusion, teenage pregnancy, young people in care, and young people not in education, employment and training (Neet) - too many young people were still being excluded from school and slipping into the drugs culture.
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