Labour leader says he would vote in favour of allowing the law as long as there were significant safeguards
Q: You want to impose VAT on private school fees. But why won’t you remove their charitable status too? Without that, they get tax relief on donations, funded by the taxpayer?
Starmer says Labour does not need to change the charitable status of schools to impose VAT on their fees. He avoids the point about how leaving it in place allows them to get tax relief on donations. And he defends the VAT policy, saying schools will not have to pass on the VAT charge.
