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11/06/2012

The phone-in at 9, 'Are parents always to blame if a child truants from school?'

From 10, Maxine and Linda are in the studio to discuss elderly homecare.

Your consumer stories at 11.

Truancy is being targetted in a new government scheme offering incentives to local authorities which sort out so called "troubled families".

The scheme has also been designed to reward council's which reduce anti-social behaviour or benefit dependency in some households.

The Communities Secretary Eric Pickles says problem families have had it easy for too long.

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