Labour's recent policy to impose a 20% VAT on private school fees has sparked significant debate. Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson defends the tax, stating it will fund a new education initiative reminiscent of Tony Blair's Blair Mk II reforms. Critics argue that Labour's approach reflects a return to state activism and egalitarianism, which they believe could be detrimental. The policy has been described as part of Labour's broader agenda, which includes public-sector management and wealth creation strategies that some view as naive and potentially dangerous. The tax is seen as an attempt to address the issue of private schools 'pricing out' the middle classes. Critics also highlight Labour's hostility to diversity and belief in levelling down rather than levelling up.
Labour’s tax raid on private schools is justified because they have “priced out” the middle classes, the shadow education secretary has suggested https://t.co/zD4fnhYTqb
Labour’s agenda, with its warmed-up corporatism, sullen egalitarianism and public-sector fetishism, gives little cause for hope and a great deal of cause for angst, https://t.co/LmIj0DAbPL via @opinion
Labour’s policy of removing VAT exemption on private schools draws on two of the party's most disagreeable instincts: hostility to diversity of provision of public goods and belief in levelling down rather than levelling up, https://t.co/LmIj0DAbPL via @opinion
Tony Blair deliberately challenged the party’s worst instincts by introducing internal markets into the public sector and embracing wealth creation. Starmer has instead revived Labour’s infatuation with state activism and egalitarianism, https://t.co/LmIj0DAbPL via @opinion
Labour’s policies on education, wealth creation and public-sector management are naive and sometimes dangerous, @adwooldridge writes, yet the scrutiny leaves much to be desired https://t.co/YeYXasfrjF via @opinion
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Labour’s policies on education, wealth creation and public-sector management are naive and sometimes dangerous, @adwooldridge writes, yet the scrutiny leaves much to be desired https://t.co/2xFHnCwbFF