Lib Dems focus on Youth Services and tackling knife crime

CAMPAIGN 2019 - 28 DAYS TO POLLING DAy

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WILL BUILD A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY INVESTING 500 MILLION A YEAR IN YOUTH SERVICES AND TAKING A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO YOUTH VIOLENCE

The Liberal Democrats have set out ambitious plans to tackle soaring levels of knife crime, and we will do this by investing £500 million in youth services. The party would also make local youth services a statutory service, protecting them from future cuts.

A Liberal Democrat government would create a £500 million ring-fenced fund for Local Authorities in England to spend on youth services. This would provide young people with positive, safe and healthy opportunities to prevent them being drawn into youth violence and gang-related crime.

Liberal Democrats would take a public health approach to tackling youth violence, modelled on the successful approach taken by Scotland's

Violence Reduction Unit. This would involve identifying risk factors and treating them early on, with youth workers, police, teachers, health professionals and social services all working closely together to prevent young people falling into gangs and violence.

25 YEARS OF IGNORING THE CAUSES OF CRIME
For 25 years, Conservative and Labour Governments have been competing to seem tough on crime, without doing enough to actually prevent it.

A FRESH START AND A BRIGHTER FUTURE WITH THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

With a Liberal Democrats, young people will have the support and opportunities they deserve, our communities will be stronger and people will feel safer.

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