Youth work is not the only public service going under the accountant's knife. But the debate over spending cuts and an outbreak of strike action in Coventry has pushed the issue of how youth work should be funded to the top of the agenda.
One of the unions representing youth workers says the picture is bleak. There are cuts of £2.6m in Birmingham, £2m in Lancashire and £2m in West Sussex, as well as major spending reductions in Leicester, Staffordshire and Tameside, according to Doug Nicholls, national officer for the community sector of Unite. He points out that while services such as education are protected, youth work is left exposed.
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