Labour's schools tax raid sums don't add up Monday, 16 June, 2025 The following letter was published in The Daily Telegraph on 16 June in slightly edited form. SIR – At the spending review, Rachel Reeves boasted proudly that she had ended “the tax loophole which exempted private schools from VAT”, a grossly misleading description of the tax exemption that those independent schools which are charities had always enjoyed. She and her party believe they can squeeze... Articles
Eliminating HIV in the UK 6th September 2016 In a short debate in the Lords on September 5, Alistair Lexden backed the call made by his long-standing friend, Lord Black of Brentwood, who instigated the... Speeches
Down with television 30th August 2016 November will bring the 80th anniversary of the first television broadcast. It did not arouse much enthusiasm among senior BBC managers at the time, as Alistair... Articles
A great Ulster Unionist reformer 28th August 2016 The Ulster Unionist Party has been much criticised for the way in which it ran Northern Ireland under the devolved Stormont Parliament from 1921 to 1972. Too... Articles
President and Chairman 23rd August 2016 On August 23 Alistair Lexden, President of the Independent Schools Association, met its incoming Chairman for 2016-17, Stuart Nicholson, at the House of Lords... Recent News
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Controversial honours 5th August 2016 David Cameron’s resignation honours list, published on August 5, attracted much criticism. In a letter in The Daily Telegraph on the same day, Alistair Lexden... Articles
The Lords and Brexit 3rd August 2016 On August 1 The Times reported that “a cross-party coalition in the House of Lords is pursuing plans to block Brexit” in the hope of achieving a second... Articles
Joe's comeback 28th July 2016 Joe Chamberlain has been much in the news this month, following a speech by Mrs May in his former citadel, Birmingham—a speech which bore the imprint of her... Articles
