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'Savage' Cuts to Youth Spending Could Rob a Generation of Chances
05 January 2011
The coalition's "savage" cuts risk robbing a generation of the chance to improve their lives and risk crushing social mobility, the former children's commissioner for England warns today.
Sir Al Aynsley-Green said he feared that abolishing the education maintenance allowance (EMA) and increasing university fees would deter poorer students from continuing in education, while cutbacks to youth work and facilities would lead to increased crime and antisocial behaviour.