All the Children’s Commissioner’s work is driven by what children told us is important to them
The effects on children of being separated from a mum or dad because of recent Immigration Rules.
Every day in England, on average, about 1,600 children are born. After a short time, something defining happens to those children. They leave hospital and travel home. This will be the most important journey of their lives. Where that journey ends, in what postcode, will define who they will become, because of what they experience […]
My first act as Children’s Commissioner was to listen to children. My 2021 survey of over half a million young people, The Big Ask, found that children of all backgrounds and abilities, right across the country, were happy, optimistic, and determined. But it was undeniable that some children – particularly many disabled children – face […]
As Children’s Commissioner, I have a statutory duty to protect and promote the rights of children – that includes all children who arrive in this country, no matter how they get here or what their asylum status is. I have always been clear that it is for government to determine the right rules and levels […]