Summary
Education Secretary Ruth Kelly was forced to defend the Government's record on truancy as new figures showed Birmingham has one of the biggest problems in the country.
A report by Whitehall spending watchdog the National Audit Office warned that pounds 885 million spent by the Government to reduce unauthorised absences had made almost no difference.See the full content of this document
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City has One of Biggest Truancy Problems in Uk
And the Department for Education revealed that more children skipped schoo...
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