Anne Longfield: Last News

A major conference is being held today to debate the political future of the North of England under the Government’s levelling up plans.

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Boris Johnson has been blasted for considering plunging hundreds of thousands of children deeper into poverty by ending the £20-a-week uplift of Universal Credit.

Boris Johnson must show he is serious about putting children at the heart of his “building back better” pledge, the Children’s Commissioner will say on Wednesday.

While parents in Britain face the prospect of schools staying shut until Easter, some countries have found ways to fight coronavirus while keeping classes open.

Children will be emotionally damaged for years after the pandemic without a massive expansion of mental health services, a report has found.

There is a "real danger" schools could be shut until summer, a leading education figure has warned - because of a "lack of planning".

Millions of children will be put at greater risk of exploitation and grooming by plans from tech giants to expand encrypted messaging, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned.

Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, who fears the lockdown will not have the same impact on lowering transmission of the virus if schools remain open.

Schools should conduct weekly coronavirus tests to open in September, says the Children’s Commissioner.

Teachers and pupils should receive weekly coronavirus tests to prevent schools being forced to close again by outbreaks, the Children's Commissioner for England has said.

schools in Greater Manchester will be opening up despite the new coronavirus restrictions in force across the region. His comments came as England's Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield said that schools ' must be prioritised over pubs in future lockdowns'.

Schools must be prioritised over pubs and shops in in any future lockdowns, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned.In a paper published today, Anne Longfield set out the actions needed to ensure children were 'at the heart' of future plans as she claimed children were an 'afterthought' during the first lockdown.In any future lockdown, national or local, schools should be the last places to be locked down, after pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops, she argued.It comes after a new modelling study implied that reopening schools in September must be combined with a high-coverage test-trace-isolate strategy to avoid a second wave of Covid-19 later this year.The briefing paper says that education 'should be prioritised over

Boris Johnson was today told to shut pubs if that's what it takes to keep schools open next month.

pubs and shops in planning for future coronavirus lockdowns, the Children's Commissioner for England has warned.

English children in reception and years 1 and 6 returned to class this morning for the first time since schools were closed over two months ago.