TCC and votes at 16
TCC's chief executive Peter Watt has joined calls for the voting age to be lowered to 16.
At a Labour conference fringe meeting organised by Children and Young People Now magazine, Peter said that with cuts to public spending across the board, it will be vital to explain the importance of youth services.
'You need to hang the youth services on something visible and we contend that that would be direct representation. Whether that's a young mayor or UK Youth Parliament representative, they're the faces of all the good things going on'.
The meeting was also attended by Fiona Blacke, chief executive of the National Youth Agency, Richard Angell, chair of the Young Labour National Committee, and Anne Longfield, chief executive of the charity 4Children. It is reported in the latest issue of Children and Young People Now.