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Priyanjali Malik says Labour will alienate “swathes” of middle-class voters by introducing VAT on private school fees (Letters, 3 October). Given that only 6.5% of pupils in the UK are privately educated, the word “swathes” seems an…

Rishi Sunak has accused Keir Starmer of stoking a “class war” by maintaining his vow to add VAT on to private school fees if Labour wins the next election, a move that Sunak said would “punish” affected parents.The prime minister said…

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The Delhi government, in its budget for 2023-24, had estimated a total excise collection of Rs 7,365 crore -- nearly 14 per cent of its Rs 53,565 crore tax revenue. The Delhi government's Excise department has earned nearly Rs 1,700…

Parents and children say they love the London Welsh school, the only bilingual Welsh language nursery and primary school in England. The only problem, according to the school’s chair of governors, is there aren’t enough of them.For 65 years…

An increasing number of small British businesses are holding back their growth to avoid meeting the value added tax threshold, new data show, adding pressure on the government to review its policy around the UK’s third most lucrative…

Reading Time: 2 minutes  In an operation code-named ‘Cheap Ink’, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy) today detained 18 suspects, believed to be part of a criminal organisation selling office…

The Supreme Court has sought response from commercial tax authorities in a petition challenging the legality of provisions in the Kerala Goods and Services Tax (GST) law which allows assessment, levy and collection of tax under the repealed…

Labour has hit back at Conservative attacks on its pledge to put VAT on private school fees, with analysis showing a drop in partnerships with state schools.The party has been accused of starting a “class war” against private schools though…

Education experts have slammed Jeremy Hunt’s use of data from the leading private school lobby group to justify his decision not to raise £1.7bn by adding VAT to school fees.Delivering his autumn statement on Thursday, the chancellor took a…