(UK) Labour (party) pledges to abolish private schools after vote at conference

By artappraiser on Tue, 09/24/2019 - 3:58am |

Party vows to take control of ‘endowments, investments and properties’

By Sebastian Payne in Brighton @ FT.com, Sept 22, 2019

Labour has pledged to abolish all independent schools in the UK if it wins the next general election, following a motion passed by delegates at its annual conference on Sunday. The opposition party has resolved to include a commitment in its next election manifesto to “integrate all private schools into the state sector”. This would be achieved by withdrawing charitable status, tax exemptions — including business rates — and all other public subsidies from private institutions. A future Labour government would seek to implement the policy by initially [....]

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