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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Adam Forrest

Tory minister ridiculed for claiming private school costs same as family holiday

PA Wire

Education secretary Gillian Keegan has been attacked for claiming the cost of sending a child to private school is the same as a family summer holiday abroad.

The cabinet minister made the comments in the Commons as she attacked Labour’s plan to end the charitable status enjoyed by the private school sector.

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