Four months into her six-year stint as children's commissioner for England, Anne Longfield has published details of the five key issues she wants to tackle during her tenure.
While she readily admits that it takes 10 years to achieve real change for a whole generation of children and young people, Longfield expects to have made significant progress in achieving the priority targets by the time her term in office is due to end in February 2021.
"This is the starting point in moving forward," she says.
Longfield's appointment by Education Secretary Nicky Morgan last November was met with criticism of her being too close to government.
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