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Youth services in parts of England in state of emergency, children’s commissioner says

Rachel de Souza names Middlesbrough and Hounslow among hardest places in which to grow up and says some children are being ‘radically failed’ Services for…

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The Guardian reports: Rachel de Souza names Middlesbrough and Hounslow among hardest places in which to grow up and says some children are being ‘radically failed’ Services for children in parts of England are in a “state of emergency”, according to a report that identifies what it claims to be the hardest places in the country for young people to grow up in.

This politics story centres on the United Kingdom. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include England, Rachel de Souza and Middlesbrough.

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United Kingdom · Europe
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The Guardian
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Key names
England, Rachel de Souza, Middlesbrough, Hounslow
Section
Politics

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