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Many parents say they can’t afford to take children away during school holidays because prices are higher. Do you think the system should be changed so that not all schools are on holiday at the same time?

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00:00You know, I disagree with that. I think yours should be on holiday at the same time.
00:07Well, it boils down to both, doesn't it? The travel agents and them absolutely fleecing
00:14the parents as well as the school holidays. It's a bit of both, I'd say.
00:21You can check in Blackpool. You're stuffed there because it's actually dearer than getting on a plane.
00:24You can go out there with a mat, go to the beach with a little bit of butties,
00:30and that's your holiday, that's your little day out. You don't need expensive stuff.
00:34You know, it's what you make with your kids.
00:36You've got to pay the system for your kids having two days off, which is £50 a day.
00:40And you know, it's actually the plane's cheaper to get them to Spain than what it is to have them
00:44off school.
00:45But they want the holidays and the kids deserve the holidays for the way they do in school.
00:49It needs to be sort of changed so, like, parents can just about afford to feed the kids.
00:56Never mind, go on holiday these days.
00:58I'll be around to you by your kids.
00:59Pshh...
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