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Sector leaders have backed calls by former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield to create 1,000 community hubs dubbed ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ to support those more at risk from criminal exploitation.

The creation of an England-wide network of 1,000 community hubs dubbed ‘Sure Start for teenagers’ that would provide support for those vulnerable to exploitation from criminal gangs is a key recommendation of a year-long review of services for young people led by former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield.