Labour's plan to impose a 20% VAT on private school fees is causing debate, with Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson defending the move as a means to raise £1.5bn. Critics question the feasibility and impact on public school places, while political commentator Robert Taylor raises concerns about the potential influx of 75,000 students into state schools.
‘Is Labour going to magic up spaces in the state system?’ @CarverEmily grills Labour Shadow Minister Sarah Jones MP on Starmer’s plan to charge 20% VAT on independent school fees. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🔒 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGCG3N https://t.co/RUbc2ChPOZ
‘Is Labour going to magic up spaces in the state system?!’ @CarverEmily grills Labour Shadow Minister Sarah Jones MP on Starmer’s plan to charge 20% VAT on independent school fees. 📺 Freeview 236, Sky 512, Virgin 604 🔒 Become a GB News Member: https://t.co/mNsRsGC8ef https://t.co/NgDBQdrFvW
Political commentator Robert Taylor says Keir Starmer's pledge to add VAT onto private school fees could leave Labour with a problem. "75,000 kids will transfer from private schools to state schools immediately this September, where are the places for them all?" @iancollinsuk https://t.co/ntmcO6pagW
Sky's @KayBurley asks about a survey suggesting that 224,000 pupils could move to state schools if 20% VAT is charged on private school fees. Labour's @JReynoldsMP says he does not think the report is "credible". Live: https://t.co/xItZsH7tea 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YouTube https://t.co/uvpAsGnHm7
Starmer, who sends his kids state secondary, says it’s “intolerable to me” that kids in state schools don’t have enough teachers and says has to make “difficult choices” to pay for it (via VAT on private school fees)
"I don't accept the scaremongering and there are ample places in state schools..." Shadow Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP defends Labour's plan to end 'tax breaks' on private schools and vows to put more teachers 'at the front of every classroom'. @PaulBrandITV https://t.co/s1nSepW2Cg
"If Labour's plan to charge private schools 20% VAT raises no money, would you still do it?" @BBCSimonJack asks shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson, who says it's the 'vested interests' in private schools who make those 'bogus arguments'. #R4Today
The Shadow Education Secretary has told LBC Labour would raise £1.5bn by ending tax breaks on private schools - and says it is 'scaremongering' to say it would lead to pressure on public school places - follow live ⬇️ https://t.co/1iIbmuIAcO
Bridget Phillipson on Labour’s plan to put VAT on private school fees “Private schools have put their fees up…they are well beyond the reach of most.” Says “vested interests & private schools” are peddling “bogus research” claiming the plan won’t work
'My priority if I were education secretary in a Labour government would be to deliver improved investment directly into our state schools' says Shadow Education Secretary @bphillipsonMP. https://t.co/PAiZ4D1jU3 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube https://t.co/FZnZhCrQVR
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