Government crackdown on school absentees.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail....-including-fines.html

While I agree something should be done about truancy, I am not sure what I think about parents taking their children out of school to take advantage of cheap holidays abroad.

Could the government crack down on holiday firms for increasing their prices during school breaks?

[owdhamer]

there was truancy when i was at senior school 50 odd years it was always the same culprits and they got a thrashing in front of the school, it made no difference they were hard lads and got the same the week after