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 …
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Emily Thornberry was last night knocked out of the Labour leadership race. The Shadow Foreign Secretary failed to garner enough nominations from local Labour branches to go forward to a vote of party members. Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry, pictured, has dropped out of the party's leadership election having failed to secure the support of 33 constituency parties Ms …