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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rally-against-youth-service-cuts.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The Unite union will hold a mass rally against cuts to youth services" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-rally-against-youth-service-cuts.jpg" alt="The Unite union will hold a mass rally against cuts to youth services"/></a></p>
<p>The country&#8217;s biggest union will stage a huge rally to launch a campaign against &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; cuts and thousands of job losses in youth services.</p>
<p>Unite warned that one in four youth services such as volunteering projects and youth clubs in England face spending cuts of up to 30%.</p>
<p>Some local authorities, including those in Norfolk, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire and Manchester, are planning to axe youth services altogether after having central government funding slashed, said the union.</p>
<p>Around 1,000 young people, some as young as 12, are expected to join the protest in Solihull, West Midlands, amid warnings from Unite that cutting youth services would lead to &#8220;costly and troublesome problems&#8221; for communities across the country.</p>
<p>Doug Nicholls, Unite&#8217;s national officer for youth workers, said: &#8220;Chronic underfunding has plagued the youth service for years &#8211; cuts of between 20% and 30% will wipe it out altogether. In many areas the service faces complete closure.</p>
<p>&#8220;It begs the question, does this Government really understand what youth services do? If they did, they would not destroy a service run by trained professionals and replace it with a three-week summer course run by the private sector.</p>
<p>&#8220;We desperately need the people of this country to lend their backing to the future of this country &#8211; our young people. If this unthinking cut is forced through, every part of the country will suffer, from shire to city.</p>
<p>&#8220;Worse still, our collective futures will be hurt as, once again, young people are abandoned by the Government.&#8221;</p>
<p>A survey of more than 40 local councils showed that youth support would be hit by the biggest cuts to any public service, said Unite.</p>
<p>Around £100 million will be cut from youth service budgets over the next year, leading to the loss of 3,000 jobs, the union warned.</p>
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