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Report: Cutting youth services will increase underage drinking

Councils must recognise that there is a tension between cutting youth services and reducing underage drinking, a report has confirmed.

By MJ Correspondent | 07 January 2014

Local authorities must recognise that there is a tension between cutting youth services and reducing underage drinking, a report by think-tank Demos has confirmed.

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