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Government postpones youth alcohol strategy at short notice

1 min read Health
The government has delayed a second major initiative from The Children's Plan, just weeks after MPs criticised the strategy's lack of clear timescales.

The youth alcohol action plan was due to be released yesterday (13 May), but has now been put back to June. Last week CYP Now reported the child health strategy, which The Children's Plan stated would be published in the spring, has now been delayed until the autumn (CYP Now, 7-13 May).

A source said a briefing on the youth alcohol action plan for figures in the children's sector due to be held last week was cancelled at short notice. "They were very apologetic and told us that (they wanted) next week's big story to be about education," she said. "They said the plan would be released in June."

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