Benefits cut warning over truancy

Parents of children in England who regularly play truant could have their benefits cut, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

The government's social policy review, set up in the wake of the recent riots, has been asked to consider the move, he said in a speech about education.

Discipline and rigour were needed to mend a "broken society", he said
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i think this is all getting out of hand,there are some decent parents out there struggling on benefits they cannot be watching if their teenagers go to school everyday

It does seem a bit hard.As you rightly say WG you can't watch you kids 24-7,and is that really going to stop the teens that are trouble makers?

nope, they will always be there
diane says it will just end up with those parents that dont care putting there kids in homes opr on the street,so where does that get us

Maybe some of the older ones should go in the army to learn how to behave...just a idea :dunno:

theyd be too young

wiseguy wrote:

Parents of children in England who regularly play truant could have their benefits cut, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

The government's social policy review, set up in the wake of the recent riots, has been asked to consider the move, he said in a speech about education.

Discipline and rigour were needed to mend a "broken society", he said
full story

i think this is all getting out of hand,there are some decent parents out there struggling on benefits they cannot be watching if their teenagers go to school everyday

Totally agree WG ,Wonder will it affect those parents who are ill and have to keep there children from school to care for them as im sure there is a vast amount of parents whom have young children helping them out due to illness ,Dont get me wrong Its not good for kids to miss out on education but I wonder will Mr Cameron take individual circumstances into account in his grand scheme of things .