Labour "cruel" to small independent schools 14th March 2025 In the Lords on 13 March, Alistair Lexden once more condemned Labour’s imposition of VAT on independent school fees.He spoke as President of the Independent... Speeches
Independent school / Private school amendment - What's in a name? 27th February 2025 On 27 February, during the Lords Committee stage of a Bill which increases the tax burden on many independent schools by making those with charitable status... Speeches
Labour widens its attack on independent schools 29th January 2025 On 29 January, the Lords debated a Government Bill which will remove the rates relief that independent schools with charitable status have always enjoyed... Recent NewsSpeeches
Failure of a police watchdog 19th December 2024 Operation Midland was one of the most disastrous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police. Between 2014 and 2016, police officers mercilessly... Recent NewsSpeeches
Labour betrays thousands of children with special needs 9th December 2024 Everyone involved in education knows that state schools are struggling to make adequate provision for children with special needs. Many of them lack the... Speeches
An historic Budget - for the wrong reason 12th November 2024 Alistair Lexden delivered the following speech in the House of Lords during a debate on the Labour Government’s irresponsible tax-raising first budget on 11... Speeches
The Labour Government and Northern Ireland 8th November 2024 Years ago the Labour Party favoured pushing Northern Ireland out of the UK and into a united Ireland. Things are very different today. Labour stand by Northern... Speeches
VAT on school fees: a bad policy badly implemented 17th October 2024 The Government are making a bad policy even worse by rushing to impose VAT on independent school fees on I January, just two and a half months away, in the... Speeches
Labour's attack on children in independent schools 6th September 2024 The Government intend to slap VAT on school fees on 1 January next year. The policy is wrong; its introduction during the course of an academic year is... Speeches