
Labour’s private school tax raid ‘could cost taxpayer £1.6bn a year’
The TelegraphLabour’s private school tax raid could cost the taxpayer £1.6 billion a year if it forces a quarter of pupils into the state sector, a new report has found. Sir Keir Starmer’s party has made introducing VAT on independent school fees a flagship policy, claiming it would generate £1.7 billion to spend on state education. In its report, titled Short Term Thinking, the ASI said the £1.3 billion figure, as well as projections that only three to seven per cent of children would move to the state sector, failed to take into account higher inflation, fiscal drag and rising mortgages and house prices. Modelling by the ASI showed that Labour’s policy would raise no money at all if between 10 and 15 per cent of private school pupils migrated to the state sector.
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Labour's 'destructive approach' to independent schools will not be looked on kindly by history after VAT tax raid, warns UK's most powerful education figures
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Chancellor spending hundreds of thousands in legal fees defending her VAT raid on private school fees
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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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Private school teachers are being sacked and having their pay cut because of Labour's VAT raid on fees, union warns
Daily Mail
Fury as a fifth of private schools are set to pass on Labour's punishing VAT raid on fees to parents - despite fears it will 'damage' children
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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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Private schools issue damning warning over Labour's school VAT raid as controversial policy comes in
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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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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
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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
Daily Mail
After private-school tax raid Eton tells parents: We can't afford to drop our £63,000-a-year fees
Daily Mail
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
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
Private school closes because of Labour VAT and NI tax raids
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Labour wants to abolish private schools ‘by the back door’, headteacher claims
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Foreign Office asks private schools to offer discounted fees for diplomats' children following Labour's VAT raid
Daily Mail
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
Daily Mail
Private schools warn sector could ‘fall apart’ if hit by national insurance and VAT tax blow
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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
Daily Mail
Military families set to be exempt from Labour’s controversial VAT on private school fees
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German embassy calls for exemption from Labour’s private school VAT raid
The Telegraph
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
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Head of Bedales school where Daniel Day Lewis, Kirstie Allsopp and Lily Allen were educated warns Labour's VAT raid on private school fees is 'levelling down'
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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
Prove you can’t afford private school fees, council asks parents
The Telegraph
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
Daily Mail
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
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