Exclusive: 'Hypocrite' Keir Starmer benefited from private school charity
The TelegraphSir Keir Starmer personally benefited from a private school’s charity, The Telegraph can reveal. A spokesman for Sir Keir said he “definitely wasn’t self-funded” during sixth-form, but did not deny that he received a bursary from the school, adding that he “doesn’t recall” who exactly footed the bill. Private schools would lose £1.7bn Sir Keir has announced that he intends to pursue Jeremy Corbyn's policy of scrapping private schools’ charitable status. To take that choice away from other people after you have been a direct beneficiary is the height of hypocrisy.” Andrew Lewer, a Conservative MP who sits on the education select committee, said it was “surprising” that someone who has “directly benefitted” from private schools’ charitable work had not developed a "better appreciation" for the sector. A spokesman for Sir Keir rejected claims of hypocrisy, adding: “Hypocrisy is Tory MPs accepting that state schools need funding, yet voting against ending tax breaks for private schools which would inject billions into the system.
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