Andy TTaylor 🇮🇲

@featherby_dr @Andie79532110 @Starlink Agreed. 3 years for is too. Never happened before!

@Andie79532110 @Starlink I’m in UK and it’s definitely the first outage in 3 years of having it.

First time ever I’ve known @Starlink to be down.

@PEPForum @JoelMoore98 @nottslive If you bothered to read the article that you actually posted, you would find there are over 100 pupils benefiting from bursaries. With the increase in costs from VAT and NI, where do you expect the money to come from.

"12 pupils will benefit from bursaries in the next academic year, down from 15 this year, but insisted the school is "completely committed" to the grants" @JoelMoore98 in @nottslive Who is at fault? And are 12-15 bursaries enough among 1,000 students? nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

@PEPForum I think you’ll find that most of these ‘vested interests’ that @bphillipsonMP is referring to are parents who are concerned about a tax that is vindictive, spiteful and hits those ‘hard working parents’ the hardest. Not the elite, where it will not make a difference.

"The vested interests representing the private schools have complained very loudly but I think it is absolutely the right thing to do to raise money to invest in state education" There is general consensus about driving up standards - but what is the best way to do this?

@BBCBreakfast @bphillipsonMP You will see an even bigger rise this year. You are forcing children into home schooling with your vindictive #educationtax. Mid year rise for no reason. No state places for many available, 75 minute taxi rides. No one’s fault but your own. @EducationNotTax

'I'm concerned about the increase in the numbers' An estimated 111,700 children are being home-educated in England - a 20% rise since last year - and Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson told #BBCBreakfast she was to 'get children back into school' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

@DofE Reports are coming that sadly @DofE awards are also now caught up in @UKLabour plans for adding VAT to education - meaning some children might now not sign up or continue. How can that be fair for those children who want to do this to develop skills 🤷‍♀️ #EducationNotTaxation

We should not be taxing educational support given to children with SEND. Obviously. That our government is proposing to do so, is a source of national shame.

🤯 You can't make it up!! 🏫 So, schools aren’t ready to serve kids breakfast in a pilot scheme and need more time to prepare. BUT they’re ready to handle thousands of children displaced by #SchoolFeeVAT with no extra funding? Even though schools are crumbling, SEND provision is broken, and teachers are leaving in droves? It just doesn’t add up! 🚨 Scrap #SchoolFeeVAT now! 📚 Our children’s education and state schools are at risk with this reckless experiment! 🚫 @UKLabour what are you thinking?! #FindABetterWay #EducationNotTax @LauraTrottMP @bphillipsonMP @ofqual @ChildrensComm @Keir_Starmer @MailOnline @BBCPolitics @NickFerrariLBC @JuliaHB1 @GBNEWS

Private School Tax Defenders Admit It Will Raise “Tiny, Tiny Amount of Money” order-order.com/2024/11/28/pri…

@SkyNews She hasn’t heard any alternatives because she will not engage with the sectors involved. Schools, farmers etc. she could tax gambling, that is not for the public good. #EducationNotTax

'There is a lot of feedback about the budget but what I haven't heard are many alternatives' Chancellor Rachel Reeves addresses the CBI’s annual conference and says the govt have had to make some 'difficult decisions' trib.al/1kC7rQE 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

Beyond the harm to children, @UKLabour’s 'impact assessment' of #SchoolFeeVAT 'overlooked' major economic costs: lost tax revenue, job losses, and damage to local economies. It’s time to scrap this policy and #FindABetterWay to fund state schools. #EducationNotTax @hmtreasury @educationgovuk @jreynoldsMP @darrenpjones @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @AngelaRayner @MelJStride @LauraTrottMP

@Keir_Starmer @bphillipsonMP Yet you have cut funding for the CCF in state schools, whilst imposing a mid year tax on independent schools. But the Vape industry gets 2 years. You are ruining the future for all children through your spiteful, envy filled policies. #EducationNotTax

Veterans represent the very best of us. It was an honour to hear some of their stories today.

This is bordering on the cruel. The poor kids in the middle of this deserve better. There has to be a change of policy.

@fitzy73london @MartinSLewis Not true. Not a 50% rise in 5 years!

VAT on private school fees from Jan 2025, and remove business rates relief for private schools from April 2025. #Budget

Updated guidance on charging VAT on independent school fees is "not fit for purpose", the ISC has warned ministers. In a letter signed by all seven of its member associations, the ISC described the guidance as "confusing", "partial", and "poorly drafted" tes.com/magazine/news/…

Repeatedly, @bphillipsonMP has told the public that the private school-VAT policy will increase funding for state schools and provide much needed resources for the sector. Here's Paul Johnson, director of @UKLabour's beloved IFS, stating categorically that this claim is false ⬇️

@fizzftm @EducationNotTax @rachelreeves @TheIFS @spectator Independent schools have always paid VAT

@EducationNotTax @rachelreeves @TheIFS @spectator Pay your vat like every other business 👍

@MattyLynnWriter is right, 'Putting VAT on school fees won’t raise much,' and @RachelReeves knows it. Even @theIFS report, which she treats as gospel, told her so. No surprise her budget is now falling apart. #FindABetterWay tinyurl.com/42tc2c8n #EducationNotTax @spectator

@adamthompson111 @bphillipsonMP @Kier_Starmer_PM @UKLabour the IFS report that you love so much has been discredited. Will you call for a full independent impact assessment on the #educationtax if not why not? @EducationNotTax

@adamthompson111 You are punishing children who will have to leave because of the choices of their parents with your vindictive education tax. How is that fair? IF you must bring in an Education Tax, must be phased. Rushing in a Tax without proper costings and impact assessments

@adamthompson111 have you engaged with the independent school in your constituency about the #educationtax ? over 1000 pupils and around 400 staff. Saving government over 6.7 million a year.