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Call for Beveridge report for children
A once-in-a-generation review of the future of childhood has been launched by the Children’s Commissioner for England.
‘The Childhood Commission’ has been inspired by William Beveridge’s pioneering 1940s report, which was used as the model for the welfare state.
It will identify the barriers preventing children from reaching their full potential, propose policy and services solutions and develop targets by which improvements can be monitored.
It includes the largest consultation ever held with children in England, called The Big Ask .
Dame Rachel de Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England, said: Our response to the trauma of the Second World War was to create a blueprint for a social service system and a National Health Service that improved our lives. We have the chance to do the same again now for children. There is a huge opportunity to remake our social settlement which won’t come again for decades, and we must seize
New Children s Commissioner piles pressure on Boris Johnson to extend free school meals Mirror 16/03/2021 Mikey Smith
The new Children’s Commissioner has piled pressure on Boris Johnson to extend free school meals across the summer holidays. Dame Rachel de Souza said she would be “fearless” in representing children’s interests - and urged the PM not to “drop” the £20 uplift in Universal Credit.
And she said every Government department should be constantly pushing to improve the lives of children to ensure they do not become the lost generation.”
Asked what immediate changes she would like to see as she took over the role, Dame Rachel said: “I absolutely want to see free school meals extended.
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