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Evan Jones is well aware of the current spotlight on his work. He is a senior figure at a charity taking up the payment-by-results mantle in the field of reoffending.

Interview: Mark Johnson, founder, User Voice

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Monday, November 1, 2010

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Mark Johnson is waging a war on interfering middlemen. He's angry young offenders do not have a voice, he's tired of social structures distancing them from policy-makers and he thinks government cuts demonstrate classist principles.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

Features

Monday, October 25, 2010

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Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

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Friday, October 8, 2010

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Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Interview: Kit Malthouse, member, London Crime Reduction Board

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Monday, October 4, 2010

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Since 2008 when 30 young people were killed in knife attacks in London, levels of youth violence have fallen but the issue continues to blight the capital.

Interview: Custodian of standards

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Monday, August 23, 2010

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Nick Hardwick CBE, chief inspector of prisons

Interview: Lorna Hadley, chair, Association of Youth Offending Team Managers

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Monday, July 5, 2010

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With custody levels for under-18s the lowest they have been in years and numbers of first-time entrants to the youth justice system dropping, youth offending teams (YOTs) have been sharing the plaudits for their work with young offenders.

Interview: Maria Eagle MP, justice minister

Features

Monday, March 15, 2010

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Politics is clearly in Maria Eagle's blood. Not only is her twin sister Angela the minister for pensions, but she has an inherent ability to turn questions around to what she wants to talk about -- on this occasion the Youth Rehabilitation Order (YRO).

Interview: Will Tuckley, chair, London Serious Youth Violence Board - Capital crime fighter

Features

Monday, February 8, 2010

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As timeframes go it is a tight one, but Will Tuckley, chair of the London Serious Youth Violence Board (LSYVB), likes it that way.

The hopeful power broker - Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats

Features

Monday, January 25, 2010

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Surrounded by fresh-faced aides and readying himself for a policy launch on a social networking website, Nick Clegg appears very much the politician intent on engaging with the younger generation.

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

Features

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

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Barry Sheerman bridles at recent suggestions that the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee carries little influence. "Some irritating journalist said that select committees make no difference but I don't believe it," he says.

The long goodbye - Paul Clark, director of children's services, Harrow Borough Council

Features

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

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Paul Clark longs for a work-free weekend. With seven years under his belt as director of children's services in Harrow it is not hard to see why.

Lead member supreme - Shireen Ritchie, chair of the children and young people board, LGA

Features

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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Shireen Ritchie's mother was adopted. So when she was elected to the council, she wanted to sit on the adoption and fostering panel.

Interview: Paul McDowell, chief executive, Nacro - Outside the prison gates

Features

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

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"Nacro has been too quiet in recent years," is the candid assessment of Paul McDowell. "We need to make sure we are a key player with a loud voice."

Dawn Primarolo, minister for children, young people and families: Born optimist takes on the children's agenda

Features

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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"I feel like I've won the lottery," proclaims Dawn Primarolo, the new minister for children, young people and families.

Interview: Weapon against violence - Darra Singh, chair, Serious Youth Violence Board

Features

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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With knife crime in London continuing to devastate lives and provoke fear, a new body this week picks up the challenge of attempting to buck the trend.

Interview: Conciliator in the capital: James Cleverly, Mayor of London's Ambassador for Young People.

Features

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

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It was way back in July last year that Ray Lewis, Boris Johnson's deputy mayor for young people, was forced to resign following allegations of personal and financial misconduct. The shock news brought an abrupt end to Johnson's honeymoon period as Mayor of London and led some to accuse him of misjudgement in appointing Lewis in the first place.

Interview: Crime stopper - Paul Cavadino, chief executive, Nacro

Features

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Nacro has changed a bit since Paul Cavadino joined in 1972. The organisation has gone from having 30 staff back then to become one of the UK's biggest crime reduction charities.

Interview: Community spirit - Phil Hope, minister for the third sector and social exclusion

Features

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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Making volunteering attractive to young people is key to involving them in their local communities, says third sector minister Phil Hope.

Interview: Youth justice's saviour? - Frances Done, chair, Youth Justice Board

Features

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

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It may have taken a year to replace outspoken chair Rod Morgan, but in February Frances Done did just that.

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Interview: Campbell Robb, Nacro chief executive

Putting faith in values: Ross Hendry, chief executive, Spurgeons

Rebel with a cause

Interview: Evan Jones, head of community services, St Giles Trust

Interview: Mark Johnson, founder, User Voice

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Interview: Kit Malthouse, member, London Crime Reduction Board

Interview: Custodian of standards

Interview: Lorna Hadley, chair, Association of Youth Offending Team Managers

Interview: Maria Eagle MP, justice minister

Interview: Will Tuckley, chair, London Serious Youth Violence Board - Capital crime fighter

The hopeful power broker - Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

The long goodbye - Paul Clark, director of children's services, Harrow Borough Council

Lead member supreme - Shireen Ritchie, chair of the children and young people board, LGA

Interview: Paul McDowell, chief executive, Nacro - Outside the prison gates

Dawn Primarolo, minister for children, young people and families: Born optimist takes on the children's agenda

Interview: Weapon against violence - Darra Singh, chair, Serious Youth Violence Board

Interview: Conciliator in the capital: James Cleverly, Mayor of London's Ambassador for Young People.

Interview: Crime stopper - Paul Cavadino, chief executive, Nacro

Interview: Community spirit - Phil Hope, minister for the third sector and social exclusion

Interview: Youth justice's saviour? - Frances Done, chair, Youth Justice Board

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