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2024-05-27 06:52:16 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This account has a history of posting inaccurate and unverifiable claims as fact. The current proposal from the UK Labour party is to add VAT on tuition fees. Making Etons £50k fees increase to £60k. https://www.mha.co.uk/insights/labours-policy-on-placing-vat-on-private-school-fees VAT relief is not considered a subsidy by Economists. https://www.pepf.co.uk/opinion/vat-on-private-schools-isnt-a-public-subsidy-its-an-outlier-policy/#:~:text=As%20there%20is%20no%20tax,services%20is%20not%20a%20subsidy.

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• This account has a history of posting inaccurate and unverifiable claims as fact. The current proposal from the UK Labour party is to add VAT on tuition fees. Making Etons £50k fees increase to £60k. https://www.mha.co.uk/insights/labours-policy-on-placing-vat-on-private-school-fees VAT relief is not considered a subsidy by Economists. https://www.pepf.co.uk/opinion/vat-on-private-schools-isnt-a-public-subsidy-its-an-outlier-policy/#:~:text=As%20there%20is%20no%20tax,services%20is%20not%20a%20subsidy.