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With Thousands of Pupils Pushed Out of Labour’s Overtaxed Private Sector, Will State Schools Be Able to Cope?

As Labour plans to hike private school fees by slapping 20% VAT on them, will overstretched state schools even be able to squeeze in the tens of thousands of pupils predicted to be pushed out of the independent sector?
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Keir Starmer’s Claims About Labour’s Private Schools Tax Hike Don’t Add Up

Keir Starmer has claimed Labour's policy of slapping 20% VAT on private schooling will raise £1.7bn in tax revenue. But no evidence supports that claim because it fails to allow for pupils leaving for the state sector.
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The Government Funds Private Schools for Poor Children in Africa. So Why Not Here?

On school choice, the rest of the world is moving in the right direction, while Labour proposes the opposite. But the UK even funds private schools for poor children in Africa. So why not here?
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Labour Hasn’t Done its Homework: Plan to Charge VAT on Private School Fees Will Not Raise £1.7 Billion

An economics teacher at a private school has looked at Labour's proposal to raise £1.7 billion from charging VAT on school fees and concluded it won't in fact raise any money.
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Vermont’s Voucher Program Helps The Rich Pay For Prep School With Public Money

Brattleboro Union, a public high school in Vermont, competes with private schools for voucher students from nearby “choice” towns. (Photo: ProPublica)
A self-made Vermonter, Glenn Bowman has sent both his children to out-of-state prep schools. His son plays lacrosse and football at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, and his daughter studied advanced dance at Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts.

Immigration harms the unprotected Americans

By Peggy NoonanWall Street Journal • February 27, 2016 p. A11Editor’s Note: Miss Noonan is increasingly going off the Wall Street reservation to advocate for the American people and Trump-style populism. In this excerpt from her latest column she shows that stopping migrants, refugees and further immigration are not the human rights issue that the media Right and Left portray it.