Young people taking part in the panels to decide how to spend government youth opportunity and youth capital funding, improved their team-working and decision-making skills, Hughes said. A report into the youth opportunity and capital funds was carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families. It found 100 per cent of local authorities said young people taking part in the panels benefited socially and 98 per cent said those involved in the decision-making panel...