Labour’s education tax is inflicting grave damage on independent schools - but it will not bring the Government nearly as much money as they expected to get.
Speaking in the Lords on 13 October, Alistair Lexden asked: “Have the Government noted a recent detailed survey by the Independent Schools Council, which shows that their appalling education tax is producing an exodus from independent schools eight times larger than Ministers predicted.”
He continued: “Does it not follow that the Government will have to fund many extra places in the state sector for pupils driven from independent schools, while simultaneously the proceeds from their tax raid on those schools plummet?”
He added: “Is it not the case that the Government stand no chance of extracting the £1.8 billion that they hoped to receive from independent schools to fund an enormous range of improvements, including, most surprisingly, the largest investment in affordable housing in a generation, according to the Prime Minister in June?”
