Parents of pupils who take their kids out of school without good reason during term time will face fines, the Government announced today.
The UK authorities said that this would end a "postcode lottery" over how councils tackle school absences and put an end to truancy.
Parents whose children have five days of unauthorised absence or lateness within one term, take holidays during term-time, or are out in public during the first five days of an exclusion, will face a fixed penalty notice, the plans suggest.
