anne longfield says four out of five are "going under the radar".ocal government association said funding cuts meant councils were being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he's ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is her main carer at home. when he's not at school, he helps around the house, but he constantly worries about his mum when he isn't there. i started becoming more responsible and i started doing the cleaning. started doing cooking better. i started paying more attention to what my mum was doing. then, because i wasn't around, i was always worried about how she was. today's report by the children's commissioner found of the 160,000 young carers in england, just over 128,000 children aged 5—17 may not be known to local authorities. and councils identified 160 young carers in england who are under the age of five. this is often systematic support for vulnerable family members who may have mental illness or physical disabilities.

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anne longfield says four out of five are "going under the radar".overnment association said funding cuts meant councils are being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he's ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is her main carer at home. when he's not at school, he helps around the house, but he constantly worries about his mum when he isn't there. i started becoming more responsible and i started doing the cleaning. started doing cooking better. i started paying more attention to what my mum was doing. then, because i wasn't around, i was always worried about how she was. today's report by the children's commissioner found of the 160,000 young carers in england, just over 128,000 children aged 5—17 may not be known to local authorities. and councils identified 160 young carers in england who are under the age of five. this is often systematic support for vulnerable family members who may have mental illness or physical disabilities. they ne

more than 160,000 young people in england are carers, but anne longfield says four out of five of them are "going under the radar". the local government association said funding cuts mean councils are being forced to make difficult decisions. some voters in england will have to show photo id before being allowed to vote, as part of a new trial. it's one of a number of schemes being introduced by the government to reduce electoral fraud. the councils involved will use the measure in the 2018 local elections. it comes after a report into voter corruption in tower hamlets last year. details have emerged of george michael's charity work, as tributes continue to pour in after his sudden death. he was found dead at home on christmas day. for years the singer had donated money to different organisations, and recently worked undercover at a homeless shelter. the actor liz smith has died at the age of 95. she was best known for comedy roles playing often eccentric older ladies, including mrs cropley in the vicar of dibley and nana in the royle family. her breakthrough role only came in her late

anne longfield says 4 out of 5 young carers are under the radar. government association says funding cuts mean councils are being forced to make difficult decisions. helena lee reports. this is daniel, one of thousands of young carers in england. he's ten and lives with his mum, florella, who has a brain tumour. daniel is her main carer at home. when he's not at school, he helps around the house, but he constantly worries about his mum when he isn't there. i started becoming more responsible and i started doing the cleaning. started doing cooking better. i started paying more attention to what my mum was doing. then, because i wasn't around, i was always worried about how she was. today's report by the children's commissioner found, of the 160,000 young carers in england, just over 128,000 children aged five to 17 may not be known to local authorities. and councils identified 160 young carers in england who are under the age of five. this is often systematic support for vulnerable family members who may have mental illness or physical disabilities.

anne longfield, the children‘s commissioner for england, is here to tell us what‘s caught her eye.uest in month ago who was awarded a new year honours talking about the young people he is helping and the problems they are facing. that was very moving, the peace there and i think what was being asked for most of was recognition that this was a problem for as parents and the fantastic work that was being done and reward it was just inspirational. it makes us it was just inspirational. it makes us all pause for thought. you have lived through the papers. where will we start? we will start on the unsung heroes with the honours. there is lots and lots of coverage across the papers today around the honours, but there are sections in most of the papers about people who are the celebrity names, they are not the people everyone knows. they have been doing important things for the community. we have a lady who has been selling poppies since 1952, we have the first samaritan who has been doing that for 57 years. we have two young people who were 17, one who is looking and doing work around ca