MartinDrake
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Another one. Thetford Grammar School to close due to VAT changes. Well done Rachel Reeves. edp24.co.uk/news/26058426.…
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“[Phillipson’s] policy of imposing VAT on private schools to pay for state teachers is having devastating results: Labour said 3k children would leave private school as a result; by last autumn 25k had & more will follow. Almost 120 schools are closing.” thetimes.com/comment/column…
Labour’s VAT policy on private schools is continuing to backfire. The latest casualty: Thetford Grammar School, which has provided education for over 1,400 years. More than 100 independent schools have now closed since the policy’s introduction. The politics of envy fails again.
Another bit of History being closed because of labours tax raids A 1,400-year-old school has been forced to shut down as a result of Chancellor Rachel Reeves's VAT raid on parents, according to the institution's governors. Thetford Grammar School joins the list of more than 100 independent establishments that have shut down since the Labour Government's imposition of 20 per cent VAT on private school fees.
