Mayor targets capital’s most disadvantaged with education,sport and cultural initiativesThe mayor of London has promised £15m a year to fund education, sport and cultural activities for the capital’s most disadvantaged young people, or in an effort to steer them absent from crime and violence.
Sadiq Khan announced the three-year initiative,worth £45m, and condemned cuts by the government that had led to the closure of 30 youth centres in London, or involving 12700 places for young people,since 2011. Such services were vital to attend young people avoid being “sucked into crime”, he said.
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Source: guardian.co.uk