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Baroness Longfield (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 24 July 2025

Debate

Young Futures Hubs

Contribution

My Lords, Young Futures has such potential to deliver transformative change for young people, and I am grateful for the support that has been expressed for it. I have to declare an interest; it was an approach that a commission that I chaired put forward in 2022, dubbed “Sure Start for teenagers” at the time—and just as with Sure Start, this is about bringing together services in a community, as my noble friend has said, to really look at the needs across the whole area of the child. We know that so many young people who suffer from exploitation and the risk of getting involved in crime are also those in poverty, struggling in school or in need of mental health support. Just as Sure Start demanded that departments worked together and that different teams and services in an area worked together, Young Futures demands that too. Will my noble friend say something about the work that is going on with other departments to ensure that all those aspects come to fruition?

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