Commenting on the revelation that more than 21 youth workers are to be cut by Lib Dem Stockport Council, Cllr Andrew Verdeille, Leader of Stockport Labour Group, said:
“Axing youth workers who quite clearly deliver vital frontline services is madness and filled with risk. The Council’s own cuts report says that this move risks increasing school absence, anti-social behaviour and could mean more young people falling through the cracks.
“The Lib Dems really do have questions to answer about how open they are being with the public. The impact of this cut was only discovered when we got hold of the complex cuts report that the Council has prepared for each of its cuts. I fear there is more devil in the detail to be discovered from these reports.”