Teenage pregnancy rates increasing in most deprived areas - Brooke
February 26, 2009 3:33 PM
The Government is failing to curb teenage pregnancies in the country's most deprived areas, according to analysis by the Liberal Democrats.
Figures released today show that almost half of the areas where teenage pregnancies have risen are among the 100 most deprived in the country.
Commenting, Liberal Democrat Children's Spokesperson, Annette Brooke said:
"It is shocking that in almost half of our poorest areas, our already high teenage pregnancy rate is actually rising.
"The Government has had more than a decade to tackle this problem, but these figures show how spectacularly they have failed.
"Ministers have got to get their act together and introduce high-quality relationship and sex education into the curriculum. The longer ministers hide from the issue, the more they fail Britain's young people."
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