Children's Commissioner for England

When I launched The Big Future survey earlier this year, I set the ambitious goal of hearing directly from a million children and young people about their lives and the future they want.

Just ten weeks on from the launch of the survey, more t...

Ask a Mancunian about England’s second city – so the story goes – and they will tell you it is Manchester. Ask a Brummie, and they’ll tell you it’s Birmingham.

Scousers will tell you it is London.

Of course, this is just a story; though

Yesterday I shared what the first half of my

“We will help more young people into work by changing the education system and giving them more support – more mental health support.”

On the steps of Downing Street, in his first speech as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham put young people at the heart of his vision for the country.

As Children’s Commissioner, I have worked closely with the new Prime Minister...

Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza said: “Children want to do well; they want to work when they get older – but right now the thought of finding a job is a source of stress. Too many find themselves neither in education, employment or training. We need to respond to their ambition with bold policy making.

“I wholeheartedly agree with the...