Labour Research June 2011

Youth clubbed - The youth service as we know it seems set to disappear thanks to swingeing coalition cuts; Welfare reform - The government's proposed welfare changes have been criticised as a "cut dressed up as a reform"; All over the shop? - The high street has been going through hard times. So what now are the prospects for the UK's retail sector?; Training under threat - Cuts to further education budgets mean the low paid and benefit claimants will have fewer opportunities