NCB has supported the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy from the very beginning. We helped the government analyse why teenage pregnancy rates are higher in Britain than most of Europe, and why it is important to reduce these figures. But we always believed that the ambitious government targets to halve the rate were unachievable in the timescale. The rate is coming down, but there is still so far to go.
Why are we not on target? Because some of the really big changes are only just starting to take effect. And the government remains too wary of reactions from the anti-youth establishment to demand commitment from local services.
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