Mister_Roy The Labour Party Institute for Fiscal Studies The problem with this thinking is that not all private schools are as wealthy as, say, Eton College, which (of course) is a charity rather than a business in any event. It should be obvious why 'one size fits all' policies based on outlier examples will inevitably wreak

UK Treasury refuses to disclose key details of £22bn ‘black hole’ on.ft.com/4d8u98S

I'll just leave this here... "The UK Treasury is refusing to provide key details of the £22bn fiscal “black hole” that chancellor Rachel Reeves claims to have discovered, with officials insisting they need more time to ensure the figures are accurate...."

Cross-sector partnerships involving music and the arts enable children to explore new talents and express themselves through creativity 🎼

Please Share: Do you oppose VAT on independent school fees? Act today - deadline of 23:59 tomorrow. The Govt has opened a consultation on their decision to impose VAT on private school fees. We were not made aware of this as MPs which is wrong of the govt not to tell us.

Alicia Kearns MP The victims of this policy are children like Alexis’s daughter, a child with additional needs who was failed by the state sector. Alexis is now having to fight to ensure her daughter can remain in the independent school in which she is finally thriving. crowdjustice.com/case/education…

Steven Barrett I'm afraid all of this is based on a misunderstanding about VAT. The luxury/essential dichotomy concerns the old Purchase Tax; it isn't relevant to VAT, which is why (as you've noted) all sorts of luxuries are exempt from VAT. Luxury foods represent a good example. The reason

Today ends the rushed, ultra-narrow technical 'consultation' on school VAT. Where's the govt’s own analysis? Where's the impact assessment? SEND. Forces families. Performing arts. Faith groups. Pressure on state places. The #EducationTax & its effects haven’t been thought through

Looks like Labour supporters will go to any length to try and discredit independent schools. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…?

This absolutely 👇Bridget Phillipson is a blinkered ideologue who will wreck the few good things done to education in the last twenty years. The state sector will suffer and the private sector will be financially out of reach for most ordinary working people who want to access it

A scandal is brewing in the House of Lords as Keir Starmer's ex-ethics adviser faces a probe for allegedly fabricating a story about a non-existent playground land sale to support Labour's VAT plan on private schools. dailysceptic.org/2024/09/15/lab…

🏫 The Government's consultation on imposing VAT on private school fees closed yesterday ✍️ Read our Maxwell Marlow 🇺🇦's submission below 👇 adamsmith.org/research/vat-o…

Joy Morrissey MP Thank you Joy Morrissey MP an important point is that improving schools does not need to be funded by taxing schools - in fact it's totally foolish to do so, for the reasons you outline. This is not a debate about spending money, it's a debate about raising money.

I just supported this case! Education Not Taxation Labour is Wrong to do this. crowdjustice.com/case/education… via CrowdJustice