Speaking yesterday, Philip Britton, incoming Chair of the HMC, hit out at the 'enormous and damaging change' caused by the VAT on school fees tax since it was imposed in January.
An education figure warns Labour's VAT tax on independent schools is destructive and history will judge it poorly. The tax, imposed in January, has led to school closures and financial pressures. The Head's Conference criticizes the hasty and unfair implementation of the tax, and the government's changing rhetoric on where the money raised from the tax would go.
