🚨 🇬🇧 LABOUR'S BRIGHT IDEA: MAKE PRIVATE SCHOOLS EXPENSIVE, NOT BETTER Labour’s latest move slaps a 20% VAT—Value-Added Tax, a consumption tax levied on goods and services—on private school fees. The result? Families are yanking their kids out, scrambling for state schools that often don’t have room. Some parents report their children now commute miles to less-equipped schools, disrupting their education. This isn’t bold reform; it’s a cash grab that makes private education pricier without fixing deeper problems like underfunded state schools or overcrowded classrooms. Source: Economist Media: BBC