Private school group to launch legal action over Government’s VAT plan on fees

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves leaves 11 Downing Street, London, with her ministerial red box before delivering her Budget in the Houses of Parliament (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

A group representing more than 1,400 private schools will launch legal action against the Government’s decision to apply VAT to independent school fees.

The Independent Schools Council (ISC), an umbrella body for seven associations representing private schools in the UK and abroad, is pressing ahead with the plans after the board voted in favour of a legal challenge.