YMCA analysis of trends in local authority youth services spending and provision show improvement in all measures, but experts are divided on whether it represents a short-term trend or signs of a wider recovery.
An outdoor youth centre in Nottingham is at risk of closure as part of the council’s attempt to make savings after it issued a bankruptcy notice last month.
Children and young people’s mental health organisations have criticised the government’s failure to commit to reforming the Mental Health Act as part of the King's Speech.