She claimed there is a "dislocation" between services in some areas and called on local authorities to co-ordinate the "complicated architecture" of integrated services effectively. Hughes claimed measures introduced in the Youth Crime Action Plan would reduce youth offending levels, but said it was up to local authorities to implement effective services on the ground. She added that a step change in the number of family interventions for at-risk young people, the expansion of safer school partnerships and a common...


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