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The NHS 10-year plan doesn’t do enough for children

Al Aynsley-Green

The plan, which is naturally owned by the NHS, has scant regard for how it will relate to schools. Why are teachers and educators not central to it?

Published: 5 Feb 2019

Published: 5 Feb 2019

Britain has created a crisis in childhood, says former children’s commissioner

Sir Al Aynsley-Green has written a hard-hitting book that he hopes will shame politicians and spark a national debate

Published: 23 Oct 2018

Bullied, bereaved and poor – would I have succeeded today?

We are not doing enough to help disadvantaged children prosper, argues Al Aynsley-Green, who overcame poverty in the 1950s

Published: 3 Apr 2018

Mosquito youth dispersal alarms face ban

Rights groups say devices used to disperse teenage groups are distressing and dangerous

Published: 24 Jun 2010

So you thought the age of child labour was over in Britain ...

Catherine Bennett

Catherine Bennett: We applaud the sacrifices of young carers, yet do nothing to alleviate their isolation or vulnerability

Published: 13 Jun 2009

Published: 13 Jun 2009

NHS continues to fail mentally ill children

Under-18s are still receiving inappropriate treatment on adult wards

Published: 1 Oct 2008

Cif green Spare us these commissioners bewailing the lot of the young

Catherine Bennett

Catherine Bennett: Sir Al Aynsley-Green is convinced we are dreadful to our children. The facts suggest he is behind the times

Published: 14 Jun 2008

Published: 14 Jun 2008

Call for ban on audio device that targets young ears

Children's commissioner says high-pitched 'Mosquito' noise infringes human rights

Published: 12 Feb 2008
Children's tsar seeks to ban sonic weapon used on hoodies

High-pitched whine of Mosquito alarm, used to deter teenagers from loitering in groups, 'infringes their human rights'

Published: 10 Feb 2008

Hostile to Takeover

Yvonne Roberts

Yvonne Roberts: What will inviting children into the workplace for a day achieve? Better for adults to go and find out what life as a child is actually like

Published: 22 Nov 2007

Published: 22 Nov 2007
Watchdog opposes plan to x-ray child asylum seekers

Plans to x-ray the teeth of unaccompanied child asylum seekers to assess their age contravene medical ethics and may constitute assault, the children's watchdog for England warns today

Published: 12 Nov 2007

Smacking law upheld despite protests from children's tsar

· Minister reasserts parents' rights after review
· No evidence that law 'is not working properly'

Published: 26 Oct 2007
Smacking ban retreat condemned

Published: 25 Oct 2007
Children's tsar attacks youth justice policy

Published: 15 Oct 2007

Government announces review of smacking law

The row over smacking children was reopened today as the government announced a review of the law less than three years since MPs rejected an outright ban.

Published: 15 Jun 2007

Commissioner calls for children to take over councils and schools

The children's commissioner for England today urged councils, businesses, charities, schools and the government to allow children and young people to take over their organisations for a day.

Published: 10:21 AM
Children face poverty, neglect and demonisation, commissioner warns

England is one of the worst countries in the developed world in which to be a child, the children's commissioner said today.

Published: 5:36 AM

Walking back to happiness

How can young people's low spirits be improved? The children's commissioner has a few good ideas. Anna Bawden reports.

Published: 20 Mar 2007

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