The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published its Communities in Control white paper last week, and made a series of commitments to help young people get more involved in democracy and decision-making. The white paper aims to create a shift in power and responsibility, with the DCLG saying it was crucial that young people were a focus.
Plans include a shadowing scheme to give young people access to Whitehall departments and the government ministers that work there. The programme will start next summer for young people under 21.
There will also be local information campaigns to let young people know more about how, why and where they should vote, as part of a new duty on councils to promote democracy. The campaigns will be built on existing examples of best practice.
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