The strategy should be led by a minister responsible for play and embedded across education, health and local government policy according to the report by Raising the Nation Play Commission – a year-long inquiry launched to examine the activity's decline.
Cuts to clubs and playground provision, coupled with busier roads and increasing fears among parents about safety have left children with fewer places to play and has hindered their independence, says the report from the inquiry, chaired by baby food business entrepreneur Paul Lindley with support from former Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield’s think tank Centre for Young Lives.
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