Labour-run Knowsley Council said it was considering closure due to falling pupil numbers and financial pressures.

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Newtown Youth Centre and Woolston and Millbrook Youth Projects in Southampton were earmarked for closure but will now be funded for the next financial year.

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However, we are concerned this closure programme will fail to even achieve the very limited significant financial savings planned.

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After the 1997 financial crisis, reformers were temporarily put in charge of cleaning up that sector in Japan, resulting in the closure of several prominent banks and securities firms.

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