{"id":194312,"date":"2023-09-28T22:05:16","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=194312"},"modified":"2023-09-28T22:05:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T22:05:16","slug":"rishi-sunak-accuses-labour-of-stoking-class-war-over-private-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/world-news\/rishi-sunak-accuses-labour-of-stoking-class-war-over-private-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Rishi Sunak accuses Labour of stoking &apos;class war&apos; over private school"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Rishi Sunak accuses Labour of stoking a &#8216;class war&#8217; over its pledge to charge VAT on private school fees<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Labour believes the tax rules changes could raise as much as \u00a31.5 billion per year<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rishi Sunak has accused Labour of \u2018punishing\u2019 parents by stoking a \u2018class war\u2019 with its pledge to charge VAT on private school fees.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister said the party would be \u2018clamping down\u2019 on hard-working parents with aspirations to send their children to independent schools.<\/p>\n<p>His comments came after Labour\u2019s education spokesman refused to back down from the widely criticised policy, warning private schools would have to make \u2018cutbacks\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson told a Mumsnet online discussion yesterday that schools should \u2018reflect on where they could be making savings\u2019 to cover the proposed VAT hike. She said: \u2018I\u2019ve always been focused on how we end the tax breaks and how we then use that money to deliver high standards in our state schools.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sunak told BBC South Today: \u2018Labour\u2019s approach illustrates that they just don\u2019t understand the aspiration of families like my parents who were working really hard. They wanted to do something for their kids that they thought would make a difference to them. Labour\u2019s approach to that is to clamp down on it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75953863-0-image-a-31_1695934978093.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister said the party would be \u2018clamping down\u2019 on hard-working parents with aspirations to send their children to independent schools<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/28\/22\/75953883-0-image-a-33_1695935033074.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson told a Mumsnet online discussion yesterday that schools should \u2018reflect on where they could be making savings\u2019 to cover the proposed VAT hike<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They don\u2019t understand the aspiration that people have to provide a better life for their kids. They want to punish them for that as part of some class war. I don\u2019t think that is right.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Labour has U-turned on plans to abolish the charitable status of private schools but insisted it would still add VAT to fees. The policy could hit families with unaffordable charges from as early as next September.<\/p>\n<p>Labour, citing a study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank, believes changes to the tax rules could raise as much as \u00a31.5 billion per year.<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Labour scraps its plan to strip private schools of their charitable status but insists it will still add VAT to fees&#8230; as headmaster of Keir Starmer&#8217;s old school urges him NOT to go ahead with the tax\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Shaun Fenton, headteacher at Sir Keir\u2019s former school Reigate Grammar, said the policy of abolishing VAT relief on school fees was \u2018not going to help any child be better educated\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Reigate Grammar in Surrey switched from being a state to an independent school while Sir Keir was in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Fenton predicted the added tax would drive \u2018thousands\u2019 of children into the state system as parents are priced out by the hike in fees. He told Times Radio: \u2018Everyone knows this isn\u2019t really going to raise any money and it\u2019s not going to solve any education problems\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Last night Labour said Mr Sunak\u2019s comments showed how \u2018out of touch\u2019 the Prime Minister was. Ms Phillipson said: \u2018The Prime Minister\u2019s words are an insult to the aspiration families across Britain have for their children.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Yet again, he is out of touch with families and out of step with the change we need.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re ending tax breaks for private schools to invest in excellent state education for everyone \u2013 it is up to private schools as to whether they pass that cost on.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12572985\/Rishi-Sunak-Labour-class-war-VAT-private-school-fees.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishi Sunak accuses Labour of stoking a &#8216;class war&#8217; over its pledge to charge VAT&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":194311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28134],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rishi Sunak accuses Labour of stoking &amp;apos;class war&amp;apos; 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