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Daily Mirror
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Politics
Ben Glaze

Town halls 'could employ 1,200 youth workers with cash stripped from vital fund'

Hundreds of vital youth workers could be recruited if ministers restored money stripped from a key pot of cash, town hall chiefs say tonight.

The Local Government Association said 1,239 staff could be paid for with the £122million removed from the Youth Investment Fund.

Ministers have slashed money available from £500m to £378m.

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