In Labour's manifesto, the party devotes an entire page to its attempts to tackle antisocial behaviour among young people, illustrated by a hooded teenager spraying graffiti.
The party's 10-page manifesto, Britain is Working, claims antisocial behaviour orders and the Antisocial Behaviour Act are tackling the problem.
The Conservative's three-page manifesto, also published last week, only mentions young people in a promise to provide an extra 20,000 drug rehabilitation places for young people using hard drugs.
Ashley Sweetland, co-chairman of the UK Youth Parliament's board of trustees, said: "We wonder why we have a problem with young people voting in this country. Portraying negative images and only talking about young people in the context of antisocial behaviour and drugs does not help. It frustrates us that politicians talk about listening to young people, but then we don't see it in their manifestos."
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