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The government is also expanding right-to-work checks to gig economy workers, with employers who fail to undertake the checks facing penalties including jail.
One campaigner has criticised schools for using rewards to improve attendance, saying they isolate children who miss school through no fault of their own.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced further cuts to welfare benefits and government departments, after it emerged existing reforms would save less than planned.