The Independent Schools Council, which represents private schools, has today produced analysis on fee increases since the government instituted its school tax. Surprise – Labour’s sums were duff…
The ISC reports that after speaking to its member schools that average fees rose by 22.6% in January compared to 8.4% in 2024 and 6.4% the year before that. Labour predicted a 10% rise…
The group said “it seems clear to us that the government has underestimated the effect” and pointed out that Reeves’ concurrent tax hikes – mainly NICs – have increased costs for schools. Labour has based the analysis around its policy on a series of reports produced by the Institute for Fiscal Studies’ Luke Sibieta, a close friend of Labour minister Matthew Pennycook. Even the IFS admitted the amount of money produced will be tiny. This policy turning into an expensive catastrophe…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”