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Children's Commissioner for England

Official body responsible for children's rights in England

World · 19 Oct 2026Children's services in 'state of emergency', England's commissioner warns

England's children's services are in a "state of emergency" and young people face extreme inequality depending on where they live, according to a major new report. Children's Commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza's Childhood Lottery study analysed a hundred metrics across health and social care, education, safety and play, and called for minimum standards and an emergency fund for children's services.