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BYC urges Deputy Prime Minister to champion "Cross Departmental Youth Committee"
Vice Chair Jack Rowley used a regular meeting between youth leaders and Nick Clegg to urge the Deputy Prime Minister to champion or even Chair regular meetings between youth representatives and representatives from across Government Departments, in a special Youth Committee to scrutinise policy and legislation.
A Level students tell Government reviewer ways to break down barriers to university.
Eight young people from the British Youth Council met with Alan Milburn, the former Labour cabinet minister who has been appointed by the coalition Government independent reviewer on social mobility and child poverty, on Tuesday 12th July in Westminster.
"Positive For Youth" Government invites feedback on draft "Youth Policy"
The Government is developing a new cross-Government policy statement on services for young people, to be published in the autumn.
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BYC campaigner Aishi Bi calls for retention of Citizenship Education in Curriculum
Aisha Bi (21 yrs old from Hackney) who was one of four volunteer who spent five months on loan to the Department for Communities and Local Government and presented findings from the team on Barrier Busting for young people to a meeting of Ministers from the Department for Communities and Local Government, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg MP.
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