Scrap the Education Tax

Bradley in Westminster Hall

The Government has removed VAT and business rates exemptions from independent schools - making the UK the first western country to tax education.

There are three independent schools in Bromsgrove and the Villages, including Bromsgrove School which employs more than 600 local people.

I'm continue to fight the Government's decision to impose VAT on independent school fees. This policy will not achieve the Government's aims, will damage the wider education sector as a whole, and it will worsen academic and social inequalities while being a net cost to society, the education sector and the British taxpayer.

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Scrap the Education Tax

The Government has removed VAT and business rates exemptions from independent schools - making the UK the first western country to tax education.There are three independent schools in Bromsgrove and the Villages, including Bromsgrove School which employs more than 600 local people.I'm continue

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