- The Conservatives would boost the funding of Skill Force, a charity that matches ex-servicemen with 14- to 19-year-olds in deprived areas, if they win the next election. The party is promising to expand the scheme five-fold, so that it enrols 1,000 instructors to support more than 40,000 young people.
- Three out of the four privately run secure training centres top a league table for use of restraint against young people, according to a study from the Howard League for Penal Reform.
- Children as young as two can develop post-traumatic stress syndrome, according to a study from the Institute of Psychiatry. Psychologists at King's College London found that around one in 10 children showed signs of post-traumatic stress even six months after their accident.
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