VAT on private school fees are 'not a surprise', declares Wes Streeting

Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 08/09/2024

- 12:09

Labour's Wes Streeting has fiercely defended Government plans to implement a VAT raid on private school fees, telling parents they were "pre-warned" about the move.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing a fresh legal battle over the decision after a single mother of an autistic child argued that the cuts jeopardise her daughter's right to education.

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