Taxing independent schools 'a gift to the Conservatives', one 'Red Wall' MP said.
on winning power will put parents off voting for Sir Keir Starmer’s party, Conservative MPs have claimed.
One Tory MP also indicated that they would not have been able to attend private school as a child if fees had increased by 20 per cent, in an attempt to illustrate how children currently at independent institutions may need to move into the state sector.the party would not phase in VAT on private schools and would instead impose the tax as soon as possibleThe general election is expected to take place in autumn 2024 and by January 2025 at the latest, meaning the charge could be imposed in 2025.
A senior Tory MP said: “This will be a wrench for many hard-working families who scrimp and save to give their children the best education.”The Tories also seized on Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis which suggested the Labour’s VAT on private schools policy would raise around £1.3bn to 1.5bn a year – short of what has been claimed.
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