Youth professionals have urged Margaret Hodge not to forget young people's services in the Government spending review and five-year education plan. The call came in response to Young People Now's recent Joining Up conference about the future of young people's services under children's trusts (YPN, 16-22 June, p18). Delegates want the youth minister to address their concerns when money is allocated to services in the imminent spending review. YPN has formulated a 10-point manifesto (see opposite) reflecting the views of professionals and has sent it to the youth minister as a call to action. Practitioners in all sectors of work...