Children in England are facing a national ’emergency’ according to a landmark report that reveals ‘Dickensian’ inequalities are affecting life chances.
The most comprehensive data analysis of its kind has found wide variation across council areas, with Middlesbrough in the North East faring the worst and Cheshire East in the North West faring best.
The study, by Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children’s Commissioner for England, analysed 162 measures of children’s lives, across topics including health, education, criminality, housing and welfare.
The other hardest areas for children were Hounslow in west London, Bradford in West Yorkshire and Nottingham in the East Midlands.
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