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Teachers at 23 private schools strike over pensions

Private schools have said they are “disappointed” by a teachers’ strike over pensions, after a rise in pension contributions put them in a “very difficult position”. On Thursday, teachers at 23 independent schools within the Girls’ Day School Trust ...

10 Feb 2022 at 01:55

Education Secretary rejects push for Oxbridge to increase state admissions

Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has pushed back against the idea elite universities like Oxford and Cambridge should “tilt the system” to accept more pupils from state schools. Cambridge University vice-chancellor Professor Stephen Toope ...

14 May 2022 at 03:25

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State school teachers ‘report higher staff absences than private school peers’

State school teachers are nearly twice as likely as private school colleagues to report high staff absences due to Covid-19, a survey suggests. Staff absences are more pronounced in the most deprived state schools across England, ...

14 Jan 2022 at 01:26

Labour to add VAT to private school fees immediately if it wins power

Labour would add VAT to private school fees immediately if it wins power at the next general election. The party said it does not plan to “phase in” the change over several academic years if it enters Downing Street. Instead, it ...

25 Sept 2023 at 22:06

Ministers condemned for defending private school fee and holiday cost comparison

Ministers faced claims of having “no clue” after they defended comparing private school fees with the cost of an overseas family holiday. Labour used a written parliamentary question to ask Education Secretary Gillian Keegan to ...

02 Aug 2023 at 12:27

Phillipson denies U-turn over Labour’s private school charitable status stance

Ending the charitable status for private schools is “not a necessary” part of Labour’s plan to curb tax breaks on the independent sector, the shadow education secretary has said. Bridget Phillipson insisted the position was ...

28 Sept 2023 at 13:42

Labour backs down on plan to end charitable status of private schools

Private schools would retain some of their tax breaks under a Labour government, after the party backed down on its pledge to strip them of charitable status. Labour remained committed to its policy for England of charging ...

27 Sept 2023 at 22:15

Labour wants to stoke punishing class war with tax on private school fees – PM

The Prime Minister has accused Sir Keir Starmer of wanting to “punish” the parents of private school pupils and stoking a “class war” with Labour’s pledge to charge VAT on school fees. Rishi Sunak, who was privately ...

28 Sept 2023 at 19:58

Starmer denies ‘attack’ on private schools as he plans to charge VAT on fees

Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he is not launching an “attack” on private schools with his plans to impose VAT payments on fees if he wins an election. The Labour leader said he is “very comfortable” with the ...

28 Sept 2023 at 06:00

Streeting not ruling out Labour ditching more policies after setting ‘high bar’

Labour has said there will be a “high bar” for policies making it into the party’s election manifesto after it was accused of conducting a series of U-turns. The party confirmed last week it would not strip ...

01 Oct 2023 at 13:52

Some schools ‘could go to the wall’ under Labour’s planned tax on private sector

Some schools could “go to the wall” and teachers may lose their jobs under Labour’s planned tax on private schools, a union chief has suggested. Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT union, said ...

30 Mar 2024 at 17:37

Labour mulls Osborne-style VAT rules to block private school tax avoidance

Labour mulls Osborne-style VAT rules to force wealthy to pay private school tax

Labour could draw on changes to VAT introduced by former Tory chancellor George Osborne in order to block avoidance of its planned tax on private schools, the shadow education secretary has signalled. ...

09 Jan 2024 at 15:03

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