Yahoo News Parents in the UK: share your views on Labour’s plans to scrap VAT relief for private schools
We’d like to hear from parents in the UK how they feel about Keir Starmer’s pledge to add 20% VAT on to private school fees if Labour wins the next election.
Labour has clarified it hopes to raise about £1.5bn to increase funding for state education through tax changes such as adding VAT to private school fees, without stripping them of charitable status as Keir Starmer and other shadow ministers had previously suggested.
Critics have warned Labour’s policy pledge could alienate swathes of middle-class voters, and that it could be difficult for the state school sector’s overcrowded classroms to accommodate children whose parents will no longer be able to afford independent school fees.
We’re interested to hear how parents believe such a policy may affect them and their families, and whether Labour’s plans for private school funding have affected their voting intentions for the UK general election in July.
