"Government itself must take action to stop rights violations and to ensure economic and social conditions support the realisation of every child's rights," said Carolyne Willow, Crae’s national co-ordinator. "It's a disgrace that England continues to be a country where thousands of children suffer rights violations on a daily basis."
The report collates official statistics and research relating to children's rights, budget announcements relating to children and families as well as legal developments over the past 12 months. It also contains information obtained by Crae through Freedom of Information requests.
Among its findings are statistics that show babies born to long-term unemployed fathers are more than twice as likely to die in their first year as babies with fathers in senior managerial positions, and that boys born in Blackpool have a 15-year shorter life expectancy than girls born in Kensington and Chelsea, London.
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