School Absences: Parents to blame? Feat. Henry Bonsu & Lin Mei | Storm Huntley

New research by the charity Parentkind has revealed almost a third of children have refused to go to school at least once in the past year. On top of that, a third of parents say they argue with their child about their attendance every week. Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, says Britain faces an "epidemic" of school absence, but parents say they're struggling to get their kids to go. Jeremy Vine on 5 is on television every weekday at 9:15am until 1:30pm on Channel 5. Subscribe to the channel for more celebrity interviews, hot topics and debates: https://bit.ly/34DvAv4 Twitter:   / jeremyvineon5   Facebook:   / jeremyvineon5   Instagram:   / jeremyvineon5   #StormHuntley #School #Absence