
Parents appalled after council asks those trying to move their children to state education from private schools to prove how poor they are
Daily MailA council was forced to apologise for asking parents moving their child to a state school to provide evidence that they longer afford private school fees. Buckinghamshire Council had reportedly asked parents to prove their financial situation in order for their children to be considered for a state school place because schools 'are full'. Buckinghamshire Council was forced to apologise for asking parents moving their child to a state school to provide evidence that they longer afford private school fees Buckinghamshire Council had reportedly asked parents to prove their financial situation in order for their children to be considered for a state school place because schools 'are full A letter, seen by The Telegraph, said: 'Unfortunately we cannot offer any places at your preferred school/s as they are full. Greg Smith, the Conservative MP for Mid Buckinghamshire, criticised the 'financial attack' on parents sending their children to private school Pictured: Damian Hinds, the shadow education secretary Anita Crammer, the council's cabinet member for education and children's services said that the letter was not formal policy.
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Labour's VAT tax raid on private schools is forcing most to cut staff, bursaries and subjects on offer while pupil numbers are already plunging, new figures show
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Labour VAT raid on private school fees forces Scotland's largest private school which charges up to £20,000 a year to launch fundraising appeal
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Labour MP: VAT charge on private schools could make elitist system more elitist
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Inflation jumps to 10-month high, knocking chance of early interest rate cut
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Private school fees and plane fares to drive increase in inflation
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Our state primary is overrun by pupils from private schools – now playdates are hell
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Phillipson dodges question on impact of private school tax raid
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The VAT ‘raid’ on private schools has finally made me proud to have voted Labour
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Private schools ‘to raise fees by more than Starmer predicted’ as controversial VAT policy imposed
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Starmer defends controversial private schools VAT policy by arguing it will benefit middles classes
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Private school tax breaks ‘a luxury we cannot afford’, says education secretary
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Starmer’s VAT hike will leave some GCSE students without a school by January, warns council
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UK to funnel £1.5 billion into public education with private school tax reform
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School chiefs turn on Rachel Reeves after 'shameful' claim that VAT raid will give all children the 'best start'
Daily Mail
UK to tax private schools in £1.5 bn boost to public education
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Labour preparing for private school closures after VAT raid on fees, suggest reports
The Independent
Families launch legal action over government’s private school fees VAT raid
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VAT changes for private schools could impact children’s mental health – Tory MP
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Head of £46,700-a-year Stowe school where Richard Branson, Henry Cavill and David Niven were educated says private school parents should be 'celebrated' rather than punished because they save the stat
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Labour's tax raid on private tuition fees is left in CHAOS - as school heads have been unable to register for VAT on HMRC site
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More than 3,000 privately-educated pupils applied to join state schools between June and September as Labour's VAT tax raid forces parents to pay extra £2,000 on fees
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Private school closes because of Labour VAT and NI tax raids
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Foreign Office asks private schools to offer discounted fees for diplomats' children following Labour's VAT raid
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Private school group to launch legal action over Government’s VAT plan on fees
The Independent
Meet the parents taking the government to court over VAT on private schools
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What is Labour’s controversial private school VAT raid policy?
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Parents already turning down private school places as Labour’s VAT policy looms
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What is ‘toddler tax’ that could see some parents paying VAT on nursery fees?
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Private schools Budget VAT raid confirmed in new year as Rachel Reeves refuses to delay removing tax exemption despite fears for schools and students
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France and Germany slam Labour's VAT plan for private schools - and warn it could force hundreds of pupils out of international schools
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Military families set to be exempt from Labour’s controversial VAT on private school fees
The Independent
School VAT tax raid to go ahead in win for Bridget Phillipson
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Private schools plan legal challenge against Starmer’s VAT raid
The Telegraph
Prove you can’t afford private school fees, council asks parents
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Thousands of armed forces families depend on help into private schools. Labour's VAT raid plan threatens to hit their children hard, writes LORD KEMPSELL
Daily Mail
Eton 'to impose Labour's 20 per cent VAT rise in January's fees' with costs of attending 584-year-old school set to rise to £63,000 per year
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Government’s private schools VAT raid ‘could cost taxpayer £1.8bn’
The Telegraph
Eton College tells parents fees likely to rise by 20% over Labour’s VAT plan
The Independent
Eton College to raise fees by 20% following Labour’s VAT on private schools
The Independent
Biggest private girls’ school chain raises fees by 12pc over VAT raid
The Telegraph
Military families fear being 'priced out' of boarding schools by Sir Keir Starmer's plans to place VAT on private schools
Daily Mail
Private schools at risk of closure over VAT hike already face big budget shortfalls, says Phillipson
The Independent
Private school pupils could be forced to drop out part-way through the academic year due to Labour's plan to impose VAT on private school fees from January
Daily Mail
Fury at Labour's 'politics of envy' as Chancellor Rachel Reeves announces she'll charge VAT on private school fees from January... with parents unable to 'pre-pay' to get around 20% hike
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Fury as Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says parents were given 'ample warning' about Labour's VAT raid on private school fees
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Labour private school VAT tax plan could come soon – what parents need to know
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Phillipson blames private schools for ‘pricing out’ middle classes in row over VAT on fees
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Budget rules mean private schools VAT raid won’t start before Sept 2025, Labour insiders claim
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Want your child to go to Eton? Get ready to pay $13,000 more each year
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