Steep cuts have left three-quarters of 16-19-year-olds unable to attend youth clubs, which some believe has contributed to a shoplifting epidemic. Would you support increased investment in youth clubs? What more do you think should be done to support young people?
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00:00People have got to start youth clubs, you've got to have the money, you've got to, you know, you've got to have the locations, first of all, but that being said, a lot of the youth clubs have closed down.
00:13I think there should be more youth clubs because I think a lot of kids either, I suppose you get a bit of both of, they tend to vandalise it and abuse it and, you know,
00:26they wonder why they're out on the streets and, you know, committing crime and, you know, they're going to prison at a young age and, you know, it's not right for them.
00:35Absolutely, without a doubt. You know, they deserve to have somewhere to go.
00:43What more do you think can be done to help and support young people?
00:46People that understand them more, get to know them, obviously, because not anybody can, you know, understand from the younger's perspective how they feel.