Spending Review 2020 and OBR Forecast

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:10 pm on 25 November 2020.

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Photo of Vicky Foxcroft Vicky Foxcroft Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) 1:10, 25 November 2020

The Youth Violence Commission report, published earlier this year, highlighted the importance of high-quality youth services provision, yet in a recent written response to the report, the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Victoria Atkins, made no mention of the youth investment fund, and neither did the Chancellor today. Indeed, when Sir David Amess asked about it, the Chancellor did not seem to know what he was on about. Does this mean that the promised and already delayed £500 million has been shelved?