The findings are published today by the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE), which accuses policymakers of allowing progress on a number of young people's rights to drift "backwards" while they focus on Brexit.
The areas of concern flagged by The State of Children's Rights in 2018 report, span housing, policing, education and mental health.
The report highlights how the UK's decision to leave the European Union has dominated the political debate at a time when the number of children living in relative poverty in the UK (after housing costs) increased to 4.1 million in 2016/17, "making it difficult to secure attention for issues affecting children".
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