Miliband envisages a "mobilising campaign", which would unite organisations with a set of demands for young people. He said he was inspired by last year's Make Poverty History campaign and its success in bringing different groups together.
At a conference on youth volunteering last week the minister told delegates: "There's great work done by lots of youth services, but the heyday of investment in youth services was about 40 years ago and it has not been given sufficient priority since. Part of what we've got to do in the Comprehensive Spending Review is to hear the voices of young people."
He cited four areas in which young people need a better deal: opportunities for their voices to be heard, a wider local youth offer to broaden their horizons, increased respect from society and fairer portrayal in the media.
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