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What’s behind Labour’s private school U-turn?

28 September 2023

9:20 PM

28 September 2023

9:20 PM

Another day, another policy shift from the Labour party. As the i paper first reported, Keir Starmer has U-turned on plans to end the charitable status for private schools. The Labour leader previously declared that the charitable status for private schools could not be justified. However, the new position is that the party can remove ‘unfair tax breaks’ while maintaining the special status for fee-paying schools.

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