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Parents face fines as 'last resort' if they don't send children back to school

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Headteachers should fine parents who don't send their children back to school as a "last resort", Number 10 has said. Boris Johnson's deputy spokesman said Heads should seek to discuss absences with parents in the first instance.

But he said fines could be used as a "last resort." Earlier, Schools Minister Nick Gibb warned parents they faced fines if they kept children at home.

He said: "Fines for non-attendance have always been a last resort for headteachers in schools. What matters is that young people are attending school. “We live in a country where education is compulsory and I think parents can be reassured that the measures that schools are taking to make sure that we minimise the risk of the transmission of the virus are very

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