Perspective: Labour's Attitude to Young People ; Paul Scott-Lee, the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, has Warned That the Gap Between Young and Old Is Getting Wider As Members of the Public Call the Police to Complain About Teenagers Simply Walking Down the Street.

Birmingham Post › December 13, 2004

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In a Birmingham Post comment, we asked whether laws 'which seem to be aimed squarely at young people' did more harm than good. Here, Home Office Minister Hazel Blears says the Government is targeting troublemakers of all ages and not young people.

Let me be clear from the start: the Government is singling out young people.

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Perspective: Labour's Attitude to Young People ; Paul Scott-Lee, the Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, has Warned That the Gap Between Young and Old Is Getting Wider As Members of the Public Call the Police to Complain About Teenagers Simply Walking Down the Street.

Singling them out for better education, jobs and training. Indeed, our Connexions mentoring service for young people, our drive to raise school standards and the support for post-16 ...

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