Schools will be expected to take on the work of dozens of youth service staff to be axed as part of council cuts.

As David Cameron visited Hove on Thursday, 19 staff from youth advice service Connexions were handed redundancy notices by Brighton and Hove City Council.

Union representatives have now claimed a further 20 jobs will go if the council ends its contract with Prospects, a private company which provides youth services for the local authority.

Instead schools will be expected to step in to provide advice to teenagers on issues such as sexual health, careers, housing and healthy living when the services end in the autumn.

Unions said they will challenge the decision to scrap the posts on legal grounds, such as the Human Rights Act.