UK Youth Parliament Latest News



UKYP launches new online terrorism survey for young people (external link)
04.07.2008

At the Annual Sitting last year, in conjunction with the Association of Chief Police Officers and Blackburn with Darwen Youth Forum, over 140 MYPs were consulted on their views on terrorism, radicalisation and the police response to it.

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UK Youth Parliament Scoops another Award! (external link)
13.06.2008

The UK Youth Parliament received a prestigious award in Parliament yesterday in recognition of the media angle of their sex and relationships education campaign.

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New online SRE survey for young people (external link)
14.05.2008

The Sex Education Forum and the UK Youth Parliament are calling on young people to voice their views about sex and relationships education (SRE) in a new online survey.

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MYPs choose recycling, public transport and tuition fees at the House of Lords (external link)
07.05.2008


MYPs choose recycling, public transport and tuition fees as their national campaigns at the House of Lords.

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Student fees system "failing millions" - UKYP report warns (external link)
26.03.2008

A report on university tuition fees by the UK Youth Parliament says that the Government is failing millions of young students from across the UK by making university too expensive to attend.

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UK Youth Parliament in Commons transport debate (external link)
26.03.2008

MPs Kerry McCarthy and Clive Betts support UK Youth Parliament's Fares Fair campaign in a Commons debate addressing the Local Transport Bill to Minister for Transport, Rosie Winterton.

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Young People Set to Storm House of Lords (external link)
06.02.2008

300 young people are set to invade the House of Lords chamber on the 2nd May as part of a historic move to listen to the voices of children and young people. The Members of the UK Youth Parliament (MYPs) will use the event to debate and vote on their national campaigns for 2008 and 2009. This will be the first time the UK Youth Parliament will sit in the Houses of Parliament.

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Prime Minister Praises Young Muslims Project (external link)
15.11.2007

The UK Youth Parliament's Young Muslim Leadership Project - based in Bolton and Blackburn and now set to go nationwide - has received praise from the Prime Minister as plans gather pace to take the project nationwide.

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