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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar Political editor

Private school officials called Labour’s Bridget Phillipson ‘chippy’ in emails

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson.
Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson. ‘It is very easy to make her sound unreasonable by keeping your cool,’ said an Independent Schools Council official. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

The body representing independent schools in the UK has described the shadow education secretary as “very chippy” in private messages, as it steps up its campaign against Labour’s plan to add VAT to school fees.

A public access request to the Independent Schools Council about Bridget Phillipson revealed that officials said she “doesn’t know diddly” and suggested she should “appreciate the great good our sector does”.

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