Rally calls for action
Youth workers and young people are being urged to lobby councillors and MPs about the cuts faced by services for young people.
Speaking at the Choose Youth rally on 12 February, Julie Hilling, Labour MP for Bolton West, told delegates that they needed to fill politicians' inboxes with complaints about cuts to youth services. "What makes a difference is telling your local politicians - the Tories, the Liberal Democrats and Labour MPs - to save your youth service," she said.
Around 1,000 youth workers and young people attended the rally in Solihull. A survey published earlier this month by CYP Now and Unite the union found that most services for young people faced budget cuts of up to 30 per cent.
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