Gavin Williamson has repeated Boris Johnson's warning to parents that they face fines if children don't send their children back to school.
The Education Secretary told LBC Radio: "It is going to be compulsory for children to return back to school unless there's a very good reason, or a local spike where there have had to be local lockdowns. "We do have to get back into compulsory education as part of that, obviously fines sit alongside that. "Unless there is a good reason for the absence then we will be looking at the fact that we would be imposing fines on families if they are not sending their children back." said advice on how schools will fully reopen in England will be set out "at the end of this week".
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