Suella Braverman said the criminalisation of laughing gas would tackle 'hordes of youths loitering in and littering parks'
ban and other crackdowns on anti-social behaviour will be meaningless if youth services aren’t restored, ministers have been warned.
“In no service area would you see a sustained cut of 73 per cent and not see the effects of this on young people and our communities. To protect frontline services, councils diverted resources away from other areas – particularly youth services. Locals created the Save Our Wanstead Youth Centre Campaign Group in February, launching a petition that was signed 4,000 times.
She added: “We’ve had people contact us whose children have been victims of knife crime expressing their concern, telling us how important it is.”
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