I would cut transport costs for under 18s. Young people need theopportunity to travel to different activities and events and the cost isstopping them from taking part. I would get more activities running foryoung people including some directly leading to the media, such asdocumentaries on youth life.
Most importantly I'd sort out the police and the way they treat us, likewhen they stop and search us and don't explain what they're doing. I'deither punish the police or run lessons for them with young people asfacilitators.
Many of us live on our own and have to pay our own bills and not many ofus have got jobs. We need a wider choice of training opportunities - notjust mainstream ones like carpentry, plastering or working in ashop.
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