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Parents could lose benefits or face prison for child's crimes, minister says

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Jake Richards, a government minister, has proposed changes to Parenting Orders that would allow parents to be fined, jailed, or lose benefits if their children commit crimes. Richards described the measures as part of a 'carrot-and-stick' approach intended to reform young offenders.

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