The findings are underlined in another survey, conducted by the union Unite in conjunction with CYP Now, which showed that more than a quarter of youth services in England face cuts of between 21 and 30 per cent.
The study of youth service chiefs, conducted by the Confederation of Heads of Young People's Services (Chyps), estimates that £100m will be cut from local authority youth service budgets in England by March 2012. As a result, it says local authorities nationwide will be forced to shed 3,000 full-time equivalent youth work staff as they seek to scale back or reconfigure their services.
Most affected services
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