Howarth was youth service minister at the end of the 1980s, the one who launched the three ministerial conferences on the youth service. He only stayed for one and later became Labour MP for Newport. But, for a moment, let us imagine that he has returned to the Tory fold.
The speech might go something like this: "We must get away from this target-driven culture, establish stronger forms of local accountability and let the professionals do their job, for quite clearly they know best.
We do not need a 'core curriculum' for the youth service. What I want to see is proper responsiveness at the local level, where the needs of young people and the challenges for youth work may be different. I do not want a concentrated fusillade, but a scattergun approach, in which youth workers address the range of issues affecting young people.
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