Christopher Quinton, an ex-Conservative councillor who is currently running children’s charity Arch is planning a demonstration against Oxfordshire County Council’s plans to cut spending from £3.7million a year to £1.4million by 2013:
Mr Quinton, 60, said: "This will affect every youth club in the county. In terms of the council’s overall budget, the size of the proposed cut is tiny but in youth terms the impact is huge and very damaging.
"Youth centres and the youth service are hugely important, especially in rural areas. I often think that when children are …

In reaction to this years unemployment figures among the country’s youth, Cllr Margaret Eaton, Chairman of the Local Government Association has said that local goverments know what needs to be done, but "need the powers to make that happen":
"Government departments, national agencies, voluntary organisations and local authorities all work to different targets and agendas, and that can muddy the water and prevent a coherent approach to dealing with the issue of young people who aren’t working or getting any form of training.
"In these tight times all public money has to …

The latest pre-budget report from The Treasury shows increased school pending in addition to more money to help low income families:

Spending on schools will rise by 0.7 per cent a year in real terms in 2011-12 and 2012-13. Expenditure on sixth forms and further education colleges is to increase by 0.9 per cent – helping to fund a 2010 continuation of this year’s “September guarantee” of a place in education or training for every 16 or 17-year-old who wants one.
The increase in spending on schools reflects the political danger of …