Labour has vowed to put an end to tax breaks for private schools if the party gets into power. It will use the money to fund the “most ambitious school improvement programme for a generation”, the shadow education secretary has said.
Speaking at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Bridget Phillipson said the party would bring a "fresh vision" for education if Kier Starmer became Prime Minister. She spoke about the need for a curriculum that “values and nurtures creativity, alongside academic success” and announced a Labour government would target the tax breaks enjoyed by private schools, most of which have charitable status, giving them at least 80% relief on business rates.
She also announced Labour would build a “modern childcare system”. This would inlcude “breakfast clubs for every child in every primary school in England”.
