In a joint report to mark the International Day of the Child, the four commissioners said the continued problem of poverty across the UK has made it necessary to ensure national and local budgets protect vital children’s services.
The report examined the five areas of participation, children with disabilities, child poverty, asylum seekers and young offenders against the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Keith Towler, children’s commissioner for Wales, said: "We, as independent children’s champions, have a duty to hold UK government and its devolved administrations to account.
"While there are developments to be proud of, we continue to see some of our society’s most vulnerable being denied a childhood. At the heart of our concerns are the high levels of persistent poverty across the UK.
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