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We ditched our daily grind in the UK to live Spain - our mortgage is half the price for a much bigger house and private school is so affordable
2 days, 4 hours ago

We ditched our daily grind in the UK to live Spain - our mortgage is half the price for a much bigger house and private school is so affordable

Daily Mail  

Like many families across the UK, mother-of-three Lisa Arterton was fed up with feeling the effects of the cost-of-living crisis. Therapist Lisa, husband Edward, 42, a fitness and nutrition coach and children Lucia, 9, Hugo, three-and-a-half and 15-year-old Ellie, Lisa’s daughter from a previous relationship, moved to Costa Blanca in Spain last year in October 2023. The family moved to …

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West Virginia expands education savings account program for military families
1 month, 1 week ago

West Virginia expands education savings account program for military families

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A program that incentivizes West Virginia families to pull their children out of K-12 public schools by offering them government-funded scholarships to pay for private school or homeschooling is expanding to cover military families that temporarily relocate out of state. The Hope Scholarship Board voted Wednesday to approve a policy to allow children of military service members …

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A push for school choice fell short in Trump’s first term. He may now have a more willing Congress
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A push for school choice fell short in Trump’s first term. He may now have a more willing Congress

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The election of Donald Trump returns an ally of school choice to the White House, this time with a Republican-controlled Senate — and potentially House — that could be more supportive of proposals that fizzled during his first term. Although proposals to expand private schooling suffered high-profile defeats in several states, Trump’s victory has brought new optimism to …

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Private school closes because of Labour VAT and NI tax raids
1 month, 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. …

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Dad cheating on Mum cost me my privileged private education - but, in a strange way, I owe my success to his fracturing of the family
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Dad cheating on Mum cost me my privileged private education - but, in a strange way, I owe my success to his fracturing of the family

Daily Mail  

Aged 12, I sat hunched at the top of the stairs, listening to my parents argue late into the night. The next day, as Dad drove me to school – a selective private girls’ school 20 minutes from our house – he told me that he and Mum had grown apart. I’d always loved drama and campaigned to get our …

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Foreign Office asks private schools to offer discounted fees for diplomats' children following Labour's VAT raid
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Foreign Office asks private schools to offer discounted fees for diplomats' children following Labour's VAT raid

Daily Mail  

The Foreign Office has pleaded with private schools to offer discounted fees to diplomats’ children amid Labour’s tax raid. Private school fees will be subject to VAT from January when Labour ends an exemption for the provision of education, Rachel Reeves has said The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office government building on Whitehall in the Westminster district of London in …

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Meet the parents taking the government to court over VAT on private schools
1 month, 3 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 …

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I've left the country... I can't grow my business... raising capital gains tax makes me angry... this Budget makes me feel sick: Real Britons react to Labour's tax bombshell
1 month, 3 weeks ago

I've left the country... I can't grow my business... raising capital gains tax makes me angry... this Budget makes me feel sick: Real Britons react to Labour's tax bombshell

Daily Mail  

Brits today revealed the real-life impacts of Labour's £40billion tax bombshell with entrepreneurs, families and publicans counting their losses.but there was at least good news for drivers and low-paid workers who breathed a sigh of relief. PUB OWNER: 'The death of The Great British Pub' Name: Simon Delaney Age: 59 Lives : Manchester Job: Pub landlord Simon Delaney, who has …

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Special needs children not protected from private school VAT raid, says Bridget Phillipson
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Special needs children not protected from private school VAT raid, says Bridget Phillipson

The Telegraph  

Parents who pay to send children with special needs to private schools will not be shielded from Labour’s tax raid, the Education Secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson said the Government would “draw the line” at exempting pupils with education, health and care plans who have their places funded by local councils. No extra protection Before the election, a Labour spokesman …

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School VAT tax raid to go ahead in win for Bridget Phillipson
2 months, 2 weeks ago

School VAT tax raid to go ahead in win for Bridget Phillipson

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In response, the Treasury initially failed to confirm that the …

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Coining it in: Businesses must stop playing fast and loose with our cash
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Coining it in: Businesses must stop playing fast and loose with our cash

The Independent  

Your story about the woman who got trapped in a car park because she only had cash and no contactless card is exactly why I am fed up with companies operating a one-way system. On the matter of VAT on private school fees, I wish to draw attention to a significant anomaly which demonstrates the hypocrisy within the proposed tax, …

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Labour’s private school raid ‘risks forcing out ethnic minority families’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Labour’s private school raid ‘risks forcing out ethnic minority families’

The Telegraph  

Ethnic minority children risk being forced out of private schools under the Government’s VAT plans, a best-selling black author has claimed. The author of I Am Not Your Baby Mother, who sends her daughter to private school, said many ethnic minority parents have “three jobs apiece to make that education happen – just to make their generational landscape a bit …

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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
3 months, 2 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 …

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Prove you can’t afford private school fees, council asks parents
3 months, 2 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 …

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Sexual abuse at Krishnagiri fake NCC camp: DEO recommends appointment of Special Officer to administer private school
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Sexual abuse at Krishnagiri fake NCC camp: DEO recommends appointment of Special Officer to administer private school

The Hindu  

The Krishnagiri District Educational Officer on Thursday informed the Madras High Court of having made a recommendation to the Director of Private Schools to appoint a Special Officer to administer a private school, where several girls were subjected to sexual abuse during a fake National Cadet Corps camp between August 5 and 9, 2024. Gopalappa said a show cause notice …

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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
3 months, 2 weeks ago

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  

From Cyprus to Somalia, South Sudan to the Falklands, British military personnel are deployed 24/7 around the world to safeguard our national interests. They fight bloodthirsty terrorists and intercept international organised criminals Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson leaves 10 Downing Street More than 4,000 military children receive support for their private education …

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A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot
3 months, 3 weeks ago

A measure to repeal a private school tuition funding law in Nebraska will make the November ballot

Associated Press  

Public school advocates have collected enough signatures to ask voters to repeal a new law that uses taxpayer money to fund private school tuition., according to Nebraska’s top election official. It is the second time ahead of the November election that public school advocates have had to carry out a signature-gathering effort to try to reverse the use of public …

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Badlapur assault lays bare the clout of Maharashtra’s education barons
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Badlapur assault lays bare the clout of Maharashtra’s education barons

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: On August 14, two kindergarten students of a Badlapur school were sexually assaulted by a janitor employed by the school. The incident has brought the spotlight back on politicians who run educational institutions in Maharashtra—indeed, there has not been a single cabinet in the past two decades which did not have ‘education barons’ in it. “The management has promised …

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Lily Allen explains why she sent her daughters to private school despite personal misgivings
4 months ago

Lily Allen explains why she sent her daughters to private school despite personal misgivings

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I think there are great public schools and there …

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Tracing a young master's footsteps in Shaoxing
5 months ago

Tracing a young master's footsteps in Shaoxing

China Daily  

The entrance to the Lu Xun Native Place, a scenic spot in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, with places related to the writer. Dark tiles, white walls, wooden lattice windows and black-awning boats — people who visit the Shaoxing Lu Xun Native Place in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province, can still view what Lu Xun saw more than a century ago and trace his …

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

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

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour’s plan to end tax breaks for private schools could …

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Ample signatures collected for referendum to repeal private school funding law, organizers say
5 months ago

Ample signatures collected for referendum to repeal private school funding law, organizers say

Associated Press  

— Public school advocates say they have enough signatures to ask Nebraska voters in November to repeal a law that provides taxpayer money for private school tuition, marking the latest twist in a long-running fight with state lawmakers who have repeatedly opposed efforts to let voters weigh in on the public funding plan. “Nebraskans deserve the opportunity to vote on …

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Delhi HC restores names of students removed from private school over fee hike dispute, details here
5 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC restores names of students removed from private school over fee hike dispute, details here

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi High Court has restored on the rolls of a private school the names of certain students that were struck off after the parents refused to pay the hiked fees. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, in an order passed on July 9, asked the parents to deposit 50 per cent of the hiked school fee for the ongoing academic year. …

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Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Alaska court weighing arguments in case challenging the use of public money for private schools

Associated Press  

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Alaska Supreme Court is weighing a case that challenges as unconstitutional laws that have allowed families with children in home-study programs to use public money for education-related expenses at private schools. The allotments drew scrutiny after Jodi Taylor, the wife of Attorney General Treg Taylor, wrote an opinion piece in 2022 about “an opportunity — which …

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