Campaigners opposed to Labour’s policy of VAT on private school fees are urging parents to register at state schools as a “demonstration”.
Labour intends to introduce VAT on school fees in their first budget if Keir Starmer becomes Prime Minister.Around 25pc of pupils in Edinburgh attend private schools and critics warn of an exodus which they claim could overrun the comprehensives. The claim VAT, on top of significant fee increases in recent years, will have a “devastating effect” on affordability for families:
“Even if this is not something you would plan to take up in the next session, we would encourage you to act in order to support the many families who will be adversely effected if this policy is implemented.” “They should be redirecting their energies to ensuring that private schools make efficiency savings like state schools have had to do.”
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