Why the Labour Party is absolutely right to want to remove the charitable status of private schools
Eton received £3.3 million of rental income from its real estate portfolio and £5.8 million from selling commercial property. Charity?
Education
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For thousands of young people from low income families, access to a broad and balanced curriculum is increasingly limited – especially for music.
‘Between 2012 and 2016, the proportion of schools offering music to all students in year nine fell from 84 per cent to 67 per cent’
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Private schools in England and Wales receive public subsidy through local taxation relief, having to pay only 20 percent of their tax assessments as a result of relief on business rates. State schools, meanwhile, must pay the full rate.
Why Labour is right to want to end charitable status for private schools
Only a few weeks ago it was revealed that Eton, for example, received £3.3 million of rental income from its real estate portfolio and £5.8 million from selling commercial property. Why it deserves tax exemptions not afforded to state schools is a question that continues to baffle those of us who want a fairer education system for all.
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