‘Fighting to overturn cruel tax’: Parties gear up for legal fight over private school fees March 21, 2025 Three claimant groups gear up for a legal challenge of the government's VAT policy on private schools next month
City braces for inflation rebound February 17, 2025 City analysts expect the headline rate of inflation to rise to 2.8 per cent, up from 2.5 per cent in December.
Starmer accused of ‘fudging the facts’ of his schooling by education expert February 1, 2025 Sir Keir Starmer has faced accusations of “fudging the facts” about his education, from the founder of a social mobility charity. Sutton Trust founder Sir Peter Lampl, who went to the same school as the Prime Minister, Reigate Grammar, made the claim as he attacked the government’s plans to charge VAT on private school fees. [...]
VAT on private school fees to hammer ‘crisis-hit’ special needs provision January 23, 2025 Rachel Reeves’s controversial Budget decision to impose VAT on private school fees will hit the most vulnerable special educational needs students hardest, an expert has warned. The Chancellor confirmed at the Autumn Budget that fees are set to be taxed 20 per cent, which the government claims will benefit the Treasury to the tune of [...]
Private school fees VAT hike to take effect on New Year’s Day December 29, 2024 Private school fees are to become subject to VAT from New Year’s Day as ministers reportedly draw up plans to handle a potential wave of school closures. The government’s policy to end the charitable status of fee-paying schools which exempts them from paying 20 per cent value added tax (VAT) to the Treasury as of [...]
Preparations set for private school closures due to VAT on fees December 27, 2024 Draft plans to handle a potential surge in demand for state school as concerns mount that some private schools may close due to plans to charge VAT
Autumn Budget 2024: UK private schools hit by VAT fees October 30, 2024 Private schools will be subject to VAT on fees from the start of 2025, Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced in today’s Autumn Budget. As expected, the government is removing the tax benefits previously linked to the charitable status of all private schools in the UK. Tuition and boarding tuition fees will now be taxed 20 per [...]
Will the last millionaire to leave Britain please turn out the light? October 9, 2024 More millionaires are leaving Britain than any other country in the world, taking with them investment, jobs and insights. And our loss is the rest of the world’s gain, says James Price Britain is due to suffer the biggest flight of millionaires out of any country in the world over the course of this next [...]
‘Challenging policy’: What the pushback to private school VAT plans reveals October 8, 2024 VAT… easy as ABC? It may not quite be Blair’s ‘education, education, education’ mantra, or Michael Gove’s multi-academy trusts. But for Sir Keir ‘my-father-was-a-toolmaker’ Starmer, there’s been one education policy that’s been front and centre of his manifesto and the first 100 days. This is, of course, the plan to impose VAT on private school [...]