瑞秋·德索萨将米德尔斯伯勒和汉斯洛列为成长环境最恶劣的地区之一，并表示一些儿童正被“彻底辜负”。英格兰部分地区儿童服务处于“紧急状态”，据一份报告称，该报告指出了全国年轻人成长环境最恶劣的地区。
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.
儿童专员瑞秋·德索萨表示，在一些地方当局，个别服务失效或系统性问题导致“没有哪个孩子能够合理地被期望茁壮成长，而那些确实茁壮成长的孩子，也是在逆境中做到的”。
The children’s commissioner, Rachel de Souza, said in some local authorities individual service failures or systemic problems meant “no child could reasonably be expected to thrive and those that do thrive do so against the odds”.