Labour must 'rethink every aspect' of VAT private school policy, Damian Hinds MP says

Sky's Kay Burley speaks with shadow education secretary Damian Hinds and discusses Boris Johnson, the Tory leadership race, James Cleverly's football freebie row and private school tax.

Mr Hinds has urged the government to "pause" their "crazy, headlong rush" to scrap the VAT exemption on private school fees by January.

He says: "The next thing they should do is publish their analysis."

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[chrisspencer]

Yeah they should remove the charitable status of private schools they’re a business not a charity

[JoeWedgwood-ikzo]

Maybe the parents should cut down on the avocado toast and sell their flat screen tvs if they can’t afford little fontleroys school fees…

[bigtony]

Scrap all VAT now we left the EU
would be like a decent pay rise for everyone

[tobiashardy]

Parents could have a refund for the cost of state schooling that is not used. Would probably cover the vat.

[knightofnii]

As soon as he though that Boris was a great leader then it became self evident that every word he was going to say would be a lie.

[thundersos]

I don't see any problem with this policy.

[DylanSargesson]

Opposition spokesperson thinks Government plan is bad. That's never happened before...

[Cherrytune]

REMOVE CHARITY STATUS FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS

[jackholmes]

Guy seems like such a weasel backing Johnson and can’t make a comment on pictures

[MrTaffjock]

We must still keep our class system OH DEAR 😢

[HomeGrownVeg]

Perhaps cancelling the Sky subscription would balance the books after all our last PM's family did without and look how good their lad did.

[ZenKaizen]

Private schools turn out better results, should they not be encouraged…

[davidscott]

Sky News seem to specialise in irritating, arrogant interviewers.

[wiseget]

Labour don’t think, never mind rethink!

[knurled]

Tories defend private schools, surprising not 😂😂😂

[markdaly]

Oh dear. The bitterness and jealousy of those whose parents have paid for their education is unbelievable.
Typical Labour supporters.
It is all about dragging things down to their standards.
Never about raising their own.
More acado toast please, Jeeves. I am having to educate the proletariats.

[MBReader]

Completely “free” education is what holds this country back.

[MBReader]

Charge parents at state schools modest fees. That would bring billions into the system. Why should families who can afford it not pay something?

[moonlit_forest]

Deluded tories! Cut down on avocados and costa coffee to afford the private school fees

[mrvgranfield]

VAT was introduced because we entered the EU and it had a joining fee We have left the EU so all tax collected under the guise of VAT is theft as we never had a vote for this new and unsolicited use as this was not what we voted for . This puts a disproportionate tax burden on low income families so its great for the well off and not good for those on the bottom of society.