When it comes to children's rights it seems Wales is streets ahead of its English neighbours. While devolution has allowed Wales to take a child-focused approach in its decisions, England is lagging behind and in some cases pulling Wales back on UK-wide issues.
Two separate reports, one by the Children's Rights Alliance for England (CRAE) and another from Save the Children in Wales, show wide disparities between the countries in achieving recommendations laid out by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). For England, the CRAE report is bleak. It shows the government has achieved just 10 of the 78 proposals laid out by the convention.
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