One reason why we have no youth club in Neville’s Cross -
- because the Labour County Council has, over the years, cut spending on Youth Services to the bone.
The measure used to compare councils is spending per pupil. Durham County Council is spending £36 per pupil in 2007-08. against an average of £45 per pupil for shire counties, £56 for our’statistical neighbours’ and a government recommended level of £100 per pupil.
Labour is raising the level to £43 per pupil next year, but this is still woefully short of what is needed to provide the sort of activities that will provide youngsters with constructive and sociable things to do and make us all feel safer on the streets.
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