Our state primary is overrun by pupils from private schools – now playdates are hell
1 month, 1 week ago

Our state primary is overrun by pupils from private schools – now playdates are hell

The Independent  

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Labour MP: VAT charge on private schools could make elitist system more elitist
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Labour MP: VAT charge on private schools could make elitist system more elitist

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Private school fees and plane fares to drive increase in inflation
1 month, 1 week ago

Private school fees and plane fares to drive increase in inflation

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Phillipson dodges question on impact of private school tax raid
2 months, 1 week ago

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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2 months, 3 weeks ago

The VAT ‘raid’ on private schools has finally made me proud to have voted Labour

The Independent  

Six months after the government’s historic landslide election victory, its controversial plan to put VAT on private school fees has come into effect. According to his chancellor, “ending the VAT break for private schools would mean an additional £1.7 billion a year that can go towards our state schools, where 94 per cent of this country’s children are educated”. A …

Private schools ‘to raise fees by more than Starmer predicted’ as controversial VAT policy imposed
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Private schools ‘to raise fees by more than Starmer predicted’ as controversial VAT policy imposed

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Private schools issue damning warning over Labour's school VAT raid as controversial policy comes in
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Private schools issue damning warning over Labour's school VAT raid as controversial policy comes in

Daily Mail  

State and private schools will face 'significant damage' from Labour's tax raid on fees, teachers warned last night. On the eve of the policy's introduction last night, Independent Schools Council CEO Julie Robinson told the Mail that it would 'undermine' private education. 'The Government's rushed tax policy targeting independent schools will do significant damage to the educational opportunities available to …

Starmer defends controversial private schools VAT policy by arguing it will benefit middles classes
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

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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2 months, 4 weeks ago

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
2 months, 4 weeks ago

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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2 months, 4 weeks ago

UK to funnel £1.5 billion into public education with private school tax reform

Live Mint  

The UK will end a tax exemption for private schools on Wednesday, the centre-left Labour government has announced, in a move set to raise over £1.5 billion for public education. After years of worsening educational inequalities, from January 1, private schools will have to pay 20 percent value added tax on tuition fees, which will be used to fund thousands …

School chiefs turn on Rachel Reeves after 'shameful' claim that VAT raid will give all children the 'best start'
2 months, 4 weeks ago

School chiefs turn on Rachel Reeves after 'shameful' claim that VAT raid will give all children the 'best start'

Daily Mail  

The Chancellor’s claim that taxing private school fees will give all children the ‘best start’ has been branded ‘shameful’. Rachel Reeves has insisted that £1.7 billion would be raised by the 20 per cent VAT imposed on private schools from New Year’s Day, in a press release celebrating Labour’s ‘plan for change’. As the surge in fees has seen thousands …

Starmer’s VAT raid will ensure private schools become even more elitist
3 months ago

Starmer’s VAT raid will ensure private schools become even more elitist

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Labour preparing for private school closures after VAT raid on fees, suggest reports
3 months ago

Labour preparing for private school closures after VAT raid on fees, suggest reports

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Families launch legal action over government’s private school fees VAT raid
3 months, 1 week ago

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
4 months ago

VAT changes for private schools could impact children’s mental health – Tory MP

The Independent  

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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
4 months, 1 week ago

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

Daily Mail  

The head teacher of a £46,700-a-year private school has said private school parents should be 'celebrated' for saving taxpayers money on their children's education. Dr Anthony Wallersteiner, Head Teacher of Stowe School has called for legal action against the Government Stowe School, in Stowe, Buckinghamshire, has had to raise its prices as a result of the policy ‘Does someone like …

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
4 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Daily Mail  

Labour's tax raid on private tuition fees is in disarray as school heads have been unable to register for VAT on the official UK tax website. It left schools spending hours trying to navigate the system via HMRC’s live webchat, with one adviser even admitting: ‘we don’t seem to have the systems in place’. Keir Starmer and the Labour party's …

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
4 months, 2 weeks ago

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

Daily Mail  

More than 3,000 private school pupils have already applied to join the state sector amid Labour's tax raid, new figures revealed today. Carrdus School, in Oxfordshire, which is owned by leading girls' school Tudor Hall, recently announced it will be closing its doors in the spring if it cannot find a buyer Critics of the policy, including Tory leader Kemi …

Private school closes because of Labour VAT and NI tax raids
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Private school closes because of Labour VAT and NI tax raids

The Telegraph  

If it closes next year, Carrdus will be the tenth school to shut since The Telegraph revealed the closure of Alton School in Hampshire in May. Increased tax burden Last week’s Budget confirmed that private schools would lose their VAT exemption and business rate relief, pushing up costs that will need to be passed on to parents via higher fees. …

Private school group to launch legal action over Government’s VAT plan on fees
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Private school group to launch legal action over Government’s VAT plan on fees

The Independent  

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Meet the parents taking the government to court over VAT on private schools
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Meet the parents taking the government to court over VAT on private schools

The Independent  

They don’t understand,” one parent, Kathryn, is telling me. Over the last year, Kathryn has been supporting campaign group Education not Taxation, a collective of parents with children in private schools who are challenging Labour’s policy to tax private school fees. I mean, what a ridiculous thing that is – we’re not all Etons and Harrows, that’s the minority.” Until …

What is Labour’s controversial private school VAT raid policy?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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
4 months, 4 weeks ago

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?
4 months, 4 weeks ago

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
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Private schools Budget VAT raid confirmed in new year as Rachel Reeves refuses to delay removing tax exemption despite fears for schools and students

Daily Mail  

Rachel Reeves ploughed through loud criticism of her plan to make private schools pay VAT today as she confirmed it would come into force in January. Rachel Reeves confirmed she was forcing private schools to charge VAT on fees from the new year Starting in the new year fee-paying schools will no longer be exempt from the tax, and will …

France and Germany slam Labour's VAT plan for private schools - and warn it could force hundreds of pupils out of international schools
5 months ago

France and Germany slam Labour's VAT plan for private schools - and warn it could force hundreds of pupils out of international schools

Daily Mail  

France and Germany have attacked Labour's plan to levy VAT on private school fees, saying it could force hundreds of pupils out of international schools. French ambassador Hélène Duchêne warned the controversial tax raid threatened Sir Keir Starmer's attempt to 'reset' diplomatic relations between Britain and the EU Sir Keir plans to remove the VAT exemption on school fees from …

Military families set to be exempt from Labour’s controversial VAT on private school fees
5 months ago

Military families set to be exempt from Labour’s controversial VAT on private school fees

The Independent  

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Private school VAT raid may exempt military personnel’s children
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Private school VAT raid may exempt military personnel’s children

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School VAT tax raid to go ahead in win for Bridget Phillipson
5 months, 3 weeks ago

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
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Private schools plan legal challenge against Starmer’s VAT raid

The Telegraph  

Private schools are drawing up plans to launch a legal challenge against the Government’s VAT raid on school fees, The Telegraph can reveal. Private schools also want ministers to push back the implementation of the VAT policy from Jan 1 2025 to September next year. However, victory in the High Court would rubber-stamp private schools’ concerns that the policy is …

Parents appalled after council asks those trying to move their children to state education from private schools to prove how poor they are
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Parents appalled after council asks those trying to move their children to state education from private schools to prove how poor they are

Daily Mail  

A 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 …

Prove you can’t afford private school fees, council asks parents
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Prove you can’t afford private school fees, council asks parents

The Telegraph  

Parents have been asked to provide evidence they can no longer afford private school fees to secure a place at a state school. However, if you can provide evidence that you can no longer finance the independent school fees, please advise and we can make a local authority non-preference allocation.” Councils must not ask for parents’ financial status All children …

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
6 months, 4 weeks ago

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

Daily Mail  

Eton College will add the full 20 per cent VAT cost on to school fees when Labour’s policy is introduced, it has announced. We recognise the concern that will be felt by many parents following this announcement.’ Eton College will charge the full 20 per cent VAT on its school fees from January after Labour's policy is introduced Chancellor Rachel …

Government’s private schools VAT raid ‘could cost taxpayer £1.8bn’
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Government’s private schools VAT raid ‘could cost taxpayer £1.8bn’

The Telegraph  

The free market think tank looked at what would happen if two-fifths of money these parents earn or the hours they work specifically to cover school fees was instead taken as leisure. The study has been published as Ipsos polling for The Telegraph shows that while the public broadly supports the Government’s plan to hit school fees with 20 per …

Eton College tells parents fees likely to rise by 20% over Labour’s VAT plan
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Eton College tells parents fees likely to rise by 20% over Labour’s VAT plan

The Independent  

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Eton College to raise fees by 20% following Labour’s VAT on private schools
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Eton College to raise fees by 20% following Labour’s VAT on private schools

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Biggest private girls’ school chain raises fees by 12pc over VAT raid
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Biggest private girls’ school chain raises fees by 12pc over VAT raid

The Telegraph  

The largest chain of private schools for girls in Britain has said it will hike fees 12 per cent from January when the Government will begin applying VAT to them. The Girls’ Day School Trust, a group of 23 top private schools in England and Wales, said it would not pass on the entire 20 per cent VAT charge to …

Private schools at risk of closure over VAT hike already face big budget shortfalls, says Phillipson
7 months, 1 week ago

Private schools at risk of closure over VAT hike already face big budget shortfalls, says Phillipson

The Independent  

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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
7 months, 3 weeks ago

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  

Private school pupils could be forced to drop out part-way through the academic year thanks to Labour slapping VAT on fees from January, experts warned. Private school pupils could be forced to drop out part-way through the academic year thanks to Labour slapping VAT on fees from January, experts warned Families have been told they face 'great disruption' following the …

Fury as Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says parents were given 'ample warning' about Labour's VAT raid on private school fees
8 months ago

Fury as Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says parents were given 'ample warning' about Labour's VAT raid on private school fees

Daily Mail  

Labour stepped up its class war on private schools yesterday after the Education Secretary suggested VAT could be applied to school fees as early as January. Independent school groups branded Bridget Phillipson's plans 'needlessly disruptive' and said they could lead to parents having to withdraw their pupils in the middle of the school year. Independent school groups branded Bridget Phillipson's …

Labour private school VAT tax plan could come soon – what parents need to know
8 months ago

Labour private school VAT tax plan could come soon – what parents need to know

The Independent  

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Phillipson blames private schools for ‘pricing out’ middle classes in row over VAT on fees
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Phillipson blames private schools for ‘pricing out’ middle classes in row over VAT on fees

The Independent  

Labour has hit back at criticism of its plans to impose VAT on private schools, blaming inflation-busting hikes in school fees over the years for “pricing out the middle classes”. “I just believe that we need to make sure we’re prioritising public money, and we shouldn’t be giving unjustified tax breaks to private schools, who are their own businesses and …

Budget rules mean private schools VAT raid won’t start before Sept 2025, Labour insiders claim
9 months, 1 week ago

Budget rules mean private schools VAT raid won’t start before Sept 2025, Labour insiders claim

The Telegraph  

Despite the claims, tax experts have warned that Labour could apply the VAT raid to this academic year if they wanted. The Conservatives jumped on the development, claiming Labour would raise less money than claimed if the private school tax change does not happen in its first year in office. They have to come clean with the British people about …

Want your child to go to Eton? Get ready to pay $13,000 more each year
9 months, 1 week ago

Want your child to go to Eton? Get ready to pay $13,000 more each year

CNN  

London CNN — Private schools in Britain conjure up images of rolling lawns, pristine tennis courts, and dormitory rooms, serving as gilded hothouses of privilege. “In our state secondary schools, we’ve got thousands of teachers missing in the subjects that we need,” Labour leader Keir Starmer said on Sky News television earlier this month. “Let’s take maths: too many students… …

Furious mother confronted Keir Starmer and demanded he tell her son why he was 'ruining his education' with Labour's proposed policy of imposing VAT on private schools
9 months, 1 week ago

Furious mother confronted Keir Starmer and demanded he tell her son why he was 'ruining his education' with Labour's proposed policy of imposing VAT on private schools

Daily Mail  

A furious mother has confronted Sir Keir Starmer and demanded that he tell her son why he was 'ruining his education' with Labour's proposed policy of imposing VAT on private schools. A furious mother has confronted Sir Keir Starmer and demanded that he tell her son why he was 'ruining his education' with Labour's proposed policy of imposing VAT on …

Labour VAT raid on private schools could harm vulnerable children, warns former Ofsted chief
9 months, 1 week ago

Labour VAT raid on private schools could harm vulnerable children, warns former Ofsted chief

The Telegraph  

Labour’s planned tax raid on private schools could force “vulnerable children” to leave their current schools, a former Ofsted chief has warned. “It is a lot of uncertainty for some quite vulnerable children and it’s really important that thought goes into what needs to be provided and how it is going to be provided to make sure we don’t end …

Labour chaos on plan to add VAT to private school fees as Emily Thornberry suggests the move WOULD increase class sizes at state schools - but is slapped down by other frontbenchers who insist it won'
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour chaos on plan to add VAT to private school fees as Emily Thornberry suggests the move WOULD increase class sizes at state schools - but is slapped down by other frontbenchers who insist it won'

Daily Mail  

Labour's plans to impose VAT on private school fees descended into chaos today after Emily Thornberry suggested it will increase class sizes in the state sector. Emily Thornberry caused a stir by acknowledging the 20 per cent levy to fees would force children to leave, but said: 'It's fine.' Shadow education secretary Bridget Philipson flatly contradicted Mrs Thornberry in interviews …

Labour’s VAT raid: ‘I already work two jobs and cannot fathom a third’
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour’s VAT raid: ‘I already work two jobs and cannot fathom a third’

The Telegraph  

Labour is planning to add 20 per cent VAT to independent school fees from January, a proposal which it estimates will raise an extra £1.6 billion for pupils in the state system. A solicitor and decorated former member of the Armed Forces, Jon went to a state school himself and says, “I’m what perhaps Monty Python or The Two Ronnies …

The real losers from Labour’s VAT raid on private schools? The children
9 months, 2 weeks ago

The real losers from Labour’s VAT raid on private schools? The children

The Independent  

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