John Lamont: ‘Pupils, parents and the public purse will pay for Labour’s ideological VAT plan’
I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak in the House of Commons this week on Labour’s decision to apply VAT to independent school fees and remove business rates relief. The catalyst for the debate was a petition urging the government to “understand that not all independent school parents are wealthy, appreciate the benefits […]
Joy Morrissey: ‘Labour’s attack on independent schools is a triumph of ideology over evidence’
Over the last 14 years, in Conservative-led England at least, educational standards have risen against international benchmarks, our children are now the best readers in the Western world. Parental choice has become an embedded reality in our education system. But that hard-won progress is now under immediate threat from Labour. The most immediate threat to […]
Class war not culture war: Corbyn’s election gambit
Labour leader Corbyn is riding the populist tiger, but trying to steer it to a different destination with commitments on private schools and welfare.
Grammar schools aren’t the enemy – private schools are
The left’s misguided educational priorities have let private schools take control of the country
Comment: Boarding school has scarred our leaders
Everyone knows there’s something wrong with politics in Britain. And, at long last, the psychotherapy profession has started to take note.
Tristram Hunt ducks the big fight with private schools
Labour passes up the chance for a radical offer on education
No, Christians – Trojan Horse reforms won’t downgrade Christmas
Christian lobbyists are taking the government to court over plans to force independent schools to teach British values including “tolerance of those of different faiths”.
Comment: We don’t live in a meritocracy
Independent UK schools are the envy of the world, so what is wrong with the Conservatives’ Eastleigh candidate Maria Hutchings wanting to send her son to one?
The Political Week Online: Everyone gets punished
David Cameron gets a spanking (and so does Nick Clegg) as private schools, boundary reviews and dodgy comments about the national debt dominate the world online
Public schools threaten legal action
By Liz Stephens The head of the Independent Schools Council (ISC) warned today that it may consider legal action against the Charity Commission’s new ‘means testing’ for charitable status. The organisation, which represents the country’s top independent schools, is angry about the recent moves to force private schools to open up their facilities to more […]
