Cameron has said that if you fail to pay a truancy fine then it will be taken out of your child benefit. Link at the bottom to explain in more detail.
I think this is a good idea as most of the cases of truancy are children in primary education and is the parents fault really. I think if these parents know that they'll be loosing their benefits they will be more likely to stop taking the easy option of letting there kiddies stay at home and fight with them to make them go to school. Education is very important.
People are moaning that the child benefit belongs to the child and that they are picking on the poor.
I buy whatever I need for my child, if it's less than the child benefit or more. He will never go short. The rest is spent on the house and then husband and I. The benefit is there to help parents look after their children it does not belong to the kids.
I do not class myself as poor - I am not rich but I am not poor. I get Child Benefit and Child Tax Credits, but I have a mortgage and I have small luxuries. A mini break next week. But we could get by with out the benefits they just pay the council tax really. I hate that people always moan about the tories picking on the poor. This way they don't have to take a certain percentage of the people avoiding the fines to court saving the country money. They will still follow up on the 'rich' people to make sure fines are paid.
What's the deal? It's not like they are pocketing the benefit they took off you are they? It goes back into the system, where? I don't know. But goes back.
Bit of a rant there I'm sorry
Wanted to know other people's opinions on the matter.
www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/06/parents-who-fail-to-pay-truancy-fines-to-have-child-benefit-docked
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Truancy fines out of your Child Benefit
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MamaBearAlicee · 07/10/2015 16:52
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