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Home » News » Watch: Michael Gove’s threat to parents hasn’t gone down well

Watch: Michael Gove’s threat to parents hasn’t gone down well

'Not only is this wrong, it is also likely to be counter-productive.'

Scott M by Scott M
March 9, 2023
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At an event hosted by the Onward think-tank, Michael Gove made some comment about punishing parents.

He said stripping child benefit could help restore ‘an ethic of responsibility’, to parents who can’t ensure their children get to school.

Gove told the audience: ‘We need to – particularly after Covid – get back to an absolute rigorous focus on school attendance, on supporting children to be in school.

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‘It is often the case that it is truanting or persistent absenteeism that leads to involvement in anti-social behaviour.

‘So one of the ideas that we floated in the coalition years, which the Liberal Democrats rejected, is the idea that if children are persistently absent then child benefit should be stopped.

‘I think what we do need to do is to think radically about restoring an ethic of responsibility.’

Wrong

However, Paul Whiteman, general secretary of school leaders’ union NAHT, said: ‘Not only is this wrong, it is also likely to be counter-productive. 

‘It is very hard to see how consigning children to poverty and starvation will improve their school attendance.

‘School staff are already deeply concerned by how many children are living in poverty and the impact that has on their academic performance and wellbeing.

‘Persistent absence can only be successfully tackled by offering help, not punishment. What is needed are more support services and resources for schools to work with families and to refer to when there are issues.’

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New think tank Onward claims to be a hub of centre-right, liberal, one-nation conservatism. And yet, at its launch, we somehow ended up with Michael Gove and Nick Timothy on stage, arguing that poor people should be have benefits docked if their children misbehave. ~AA #Backward pic.twitter.com/yW967kn7Ct

— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) February 28, 2023

Reactions

1.

Ah, the classic solution.

We encourage the poor by making them poorer, but we encourage the rich by making them richer.

— John O'Shea (@politicalhackuk) February 28, 2023

2.

Blood boiling stuff here. Last week Labour came out with some very sound policies on childcare support. Gove of all people knows how challenging it is to bring up children. As for Timothy, its hard to find a bigger failure in politics, yet he lingers at these think tanky thing

— Robert Reed (@robertreed10) February 28, 2023

3.

"Rich parents who let their kids truant could get away scot free;"

— Radiohead 💙 (@radiohead319) February 28, 2023

4.

Politicians who let us down should lose their jobs and be held responsible for the consequences oof their policies.

— Robert Fillies (@RobertFillies1) February 28, 2023

5.

"If you let your children play truant, we will strave them to death…"
Another humdinger carefully considered Tory policy…

— 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈@IainTurner12 (@IainTurner12) February 28, 2023

6.

@teamsquarepeg @NotFineinSchool seen this? I am sure you have. This bollocks will hurt vulnerable families! https://t.co/SkJnA8Z3YR

— Craig Lester (@ADHDCraig1973) February 28, 2023

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