A LABOUR MSP’s proposals to guarantee access to youth work services to all young people in Scotland have taken a step forward as a consultation gets underway.

Shadow children and young people minister Martin Whitfield’s private member’s Youth Work (Scotland) Bill aims to ensure a right to the services and mandate them to provide particular support to disadvantaged and marginalised groups, backed by a new national Youth Work Fund.

The consultation on the Bill is now underway and planned to run until February 21 2025, but it has already attracted the support of Scotland’s Children and Young People’s Commissioner Nicola Killean.