Parents of children who regularly truant face having their benefits cut, David Cameron has warned, as he opened the first wave of the Government’s free schools.
In a keynote speech on Friday, the Prime Minister said the government's social policy review, set up in the wake of the recent riots, was considering the proposal.
Addressing the Norwich Free School, Norfolk, he outlined Coalition plans to ensure teaching was based on “excellence”.
Controversial reforms were needed to “bring back the values of a good education” because failure to do so would be “fatal to prosperity”.
Mr Cameron said more discipline and rigour were needed.
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David Cameron: parents of truants face benefit cuts - Telegraph
Yep.
In a keynote speech on Friday, the Prime Minister said the government's social policy review, set up in the wake of the recent riots, was considering the proposal.
Addressing the Norwich Free School, Norfolk, he outlined Coalition plans to ensure teaching was based on “excellence”.
Controversial reforms were needed to “bring back the values of a good education” because failure to do so would be “fatal to prosperity”.
Mr Cameron said more discipline and rigour were needed.
more...
David Cameron: parents of truants face benefit cuts - Telegraph
Yep.
