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Improving the living situation of children living in secure accommodation

26 February 2021

Building back better – Anne Longfield’s final speech as Children’s Commissioner

17 February 2021

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Children will keep dying on our streets until there is a joined up public health response to gangs

6 February 2021

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Damage to children’s mental health caused by Covid crisis could last for years without a large-scale increase for children’s mental health services

28 January 2021

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Our joint letter with Solace urging the PM to set-out a roadmap to reopen schools

25 January 2021

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Politicians must take child poverty out of the ‘too difficult box’ and come up with a big, bold plan to fix it

21 January 2021

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Prioritising teachers and other key workers in the children’s sector for Covid vaccination

18 January 2021

Requesting details on Government plans to minimise learning loss during lockdown and support for reopening of schools

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Calling for radical ‘Scandinavian-style’ reforms to youth justice system

22 December 2020

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UK Children’s Commissioners’ joint report to UN Committeee on the Rights of the Child

18 December 2020

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Plans by tech giants for more encrypted messaging risks greater child exploitation and abuse

8 December 2020

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Hundreds of vulnerable ‘invisible children’ in England are being locked away without any legal protection

27 November 2020

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