Youth Issues News

Each weekday The NYA monitors the national press, government press releases, Hansard, parliamentary websites and specialist publications for news and information about young people and youth policy.

This intelligence feeds the work of the Policy, Information and Research team. National press scanned include the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent, Times Educational Supplement, and Voice. Comments and feedback welcome - email: Jo Poultney




Sex disease fears over young people
16 May 2008Nearly half of all under-25s do not use condoms with new partners, according to a new survey.
Prime Minister sets out draft legislative programme
15 May 2008The Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set out his draft legislative programme to the House of Commons.
Community leadership approaches to tackling street crime
15 May 2008The Joseph Rowntreee Foundation has published a report which reviews the approaches taken by a social enterprise in Manchester to tackle street crime through its work with young people.
Crime by girls rises by a quarter
15 May 2008Figures from the Youth Justice Board have revealed that crime committed by girls and young women in England and Wales have risen by up to 25 per cent in three years.
British crime survey extended to under-16s
15 May 2008The Home Secretary has announced proposals to extend the British Crime Survey (BCS) to include surveys of under-16s' experiences of crime.
Clampdown on disability bullying
15 May 2008The government is to launch a guide advising schools on how to stop the bullying of children with special needs or disabilities.
Met extends powers to stop and search young people
14 May 2008Police officers in London have been using powers which allow them to stop and search young people without having reasonable suspicion in an attempt to curb the number of stabbing deaths in the capital.
Young people have the tools for change at their fingertips
14 May 2008Comment piece on how social networking sites can be effective in giving young people a voice on global and environmental change.
Making connections thanks to the safety net
14 May 2008Article describes two projects, In Brazil and Birmingham, which show how in deprived areas, where communities are often divided and dangerous, the internet can be the safest place for young people to connect with each other and make their voices heard.
Report shows debt is "endemic" amongst young people
14 May 2008Youth charity, Rainer, has released a new report which states that debt has become a 'fact of life' amongst young adults, who increasingly rely on credit to get by.



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