Labour’s private school tax plan strongly backed by public, poll shows

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1. As much as all the angry right wing posters have tried to make out otherwise, the idea of very well off people dodging tax doesn’t gain any sympathy from the public. B-b-but what about Tarquin!

2. > The poll, commissioned by the Private Education Policy Forum (PEPF) thinktank, found that 54% of people backed the idea, with 22% opposing it. This is an even greater margin of support than seen in similar polls carried out before the election.

   Furthermore:

   > The polling of more than 2,000 people showed wider disquiet with the status quo, with 57% saying they found the overall private education system to be unfair and 22% disagreeing.

   Also, looks like the schools have been very keen on increasing their fees:

   > Private school fees had **risen by about 75% in real terms since 2000**, with the average annual cost per child now about £18,000 a year, “which is clearly out of reach for the majority of parents in our country”, Keir Starmer’s official spokesperson said.

   Not including the inflation.

3. As a culture we gotta start viewing private school as what it is: some kids that just need a little extra help. And there’s nothing wrong with being a little slower than the kids in state school.

4. Erm, pretty unsurprisingly? (Not convinced by the French comparator mentioned in the article, myself. Not that this is especially relevant.)

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6. But they are not taxing private tuition. Doesn’t make sense.

7. Go to a private school and watch the drop off/pick up times.

   Look at the fantastically expensive cars.

   There may well be a squeezed middle that have given up holidays/nice cars to put the kids into the school, but the majority are minted and could soak up the 20% easily. (Heh, downgrading the car or one less ski trip would cover it.)

   The kind of parents who send their kids to a private school are very driven, the very kind of people who have no problem writing strongly worded letters. Are very good at NIMBYism and other campaigns.

   The very rich parents are a very happy group to have such a vociferous group of people saving them from paying extra fees.

8. “Class envy”… lol. Ahhh no people just want their kids educated.

9. I think there’s a quiet majority of the population who broadly support almost all the “controversial” policies Labour have announced so far.

10. It’s those with special needs that will hurt the most. There are plenty of parents who moved their child to a private school because the mainstream state system cannot support their child’s needs and the specialist state schools are too over subscribed.

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