Funding for youth offending teams has more than halved since 2010, and councils do not know how much money they will receive to tackle youth offending this year, more than two months after they had to set their budgets.
Home Office proposals could criminalise thousands of children who are themselves victims of slavery, trafficking or criminal exploitation, says Standing Committee on Youth Justice.
The Baptist Union of Great Britain is joining forces with the Ascension Trust, the group behind the Street Pastors initiative for a second second 'Bite the Bullet' conference on tackling youth gang violence.
A new report on youth justice systems across Europe has questioned the UK's punitive approach to children. The Howard League for Penal Reform has today published 'Punishing children', a report that examines and compares different youth justice systems across Europe.
Celebrations marking Britain's best Olympic success in 100 years, with 19 gold medals, were marred by the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old Londoner, adding to a knife-wielding trend that is worrying both church and government leaders.
As knife crime becomes a heightened national concern, Churches Together in England have published a report which recommends ways in which the Government, churches and the police service can work together more effectively.