'Damning': London youth club closures led to increase in crime, report suggests

Pupils entitled to free school meals were worst impacted by the shutting down of youth clubs -

The mass closure of London youth clubs during the 2010s led to an increase in teenagers committing crimes and achieving worse GCSE results, a report published on Wednesday has suggested.

Pupils entitled to free school meals were worst impacted by the shutting down of the facilities, according to the research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).