So what exactly is deprived? So often the "deprived" kids are roaming around on mountain bikes, have mobile phones, are smoking and drinking, have access to good education, are not hungry or ill clothed, but still see themselves as victims.
So what would whiffeys extra money be spent on? More education? They reject that already.
Jobs? We can't just create jobs willy nilly, and as on guy from Liverpool said on the BBC programme about guns, he didn't want a chicken packers job for �150 / week, and he was pulling in �4k / week running prostitutes and drugs, and kept his gun for protection.
I can't understand why a tough policing policy should not stop and search as many as necessary, lock up those found carrying weapons or drugs, and for the courts to hand out really stiff sentences in a harsh regime.
Maybe then fear of committing crime may help deter the miscreants.
Up to now, none of the mamby pamby expensive schemes have worked, and so many of the gang members are now untouchables. The police lack of response is a joke.