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Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield responds to amended statutory rules for secure training centres

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Coronavirus crisis could see a lost generation of vulnerable teenagers falling through gaps in the school and social care systems

Our letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding free school meals during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Government and teaching unions should stop squabbling and agree a plan to get kids back into school

Response to steps taken to relieve councils of certain duties to children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Changes to SEND duties

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Ensuring new families recieve the support they need during the coronavirus pandemic

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Children’s Commissioner for England creates local area profiles of child vulnerability during Covid-19

Our letter to the Home Secretary regarding the crisis facing migrant families with children in the face of the Covid-19 outbreak

Requesting additional safeguards to ensure that children’s rights and best interests are upheld during the coronavirus outbreak

Calling on the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to ensure the rights of children in custody are upheld during the coronavirus outbreak

Anne Longfield’s letters to the Secretary of States for MHCLG, the DfE and DWP regarding the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on children and families.

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