,
Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary, commenting
on research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which shows
removing tax exemptions from private schools is likely to have
little effect on private pupil numbers and could raise up to £1.5
billion, said:
“This analysis reinforces the fact that that all of Labour’s
policies are fully-costed and fully-funded, because we take
fiscal responsibility seriously.
“The Conservatives have crashed the economy and have no plan for
growth which will mean we face tough choices in government.
“Labour will fund our fully-costed plans to drive high and rising
standards in our state schools by ending private schools’
unjustifiable tax breaks.”
Ends
Notes:
- All of Labour’s policies are fully costed, fully funded, and
subject to our fiscal rules. Labour in government will make
political choices in favour of spreading opportunity to every
child. We will levy VAT on private schools and end their business
rates exemption, and spend that money improving standards and
opportunities for the over nine in 10 children attending state
schools.
- We will invest nearly £1bn of the money raised from ending
tax breaks for private schools in the package of policies set out
in the paper of our mission to break down barriers to
opportunity, supporting a broad, enriching and excellent
education for every child, recruiting and retaining thousands
more teachers, reforming Ofsted and improving schools, and
expanding careers advice and work experience. Source:Mission-breaking-down-barriers.pdf
(labour.org.uk), p.20
