The UK Labour Party has pledged to remove the tax-exempt status of private schools, which would subject school fees to a standard 20% VAT rate. The policy aims to raise an estimated £1.5 billion to fund 6,500 new teachers for the state sector and improve mental health support. Proponents argue this ends an unfair subsidy for the wealthy and redistributes resources to the 93% of children in state education. Opponents warn that the price hike will force middle-class families out of private education, overwhelming local state schools and potentially costing the taxpayer more than the tax generates.
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If you can afford a private education, you probably have the money for the VAT. Provided high class education to the children of millionaires, billionaires, royalty, politicians and high net worth individuals is not a charitable cause. Rather state school should be improved like the approach adopted by Finland.
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