London youth services cut in half in the 10 years since riots
Council funding for youth services in the capital have been cut in half in the 10 years since the London riots, new figures show.
Ms Berry, who collected these figures, said: "One contact with a youth worker could change a persons life. Lawlessness spread over subsequent nights to 22 out of London's 33 boroughs, from Ealing in the west and Croydon in the south.Over the coming days, unrest broke out in cities across England in perhaps the largest example of disorder in post-war Britain.Over 3,800 claims for damages were made in London alone.Daniel Sartain-Clarke was caught in a looted Currys in Clapham Junction on the third night of the riotssays he "wouldn't be here now" without his youth worker Andy.
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