What’s behind Labour’s private school U-turn?
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and John McTernan, former political secretary to Tony Blair.
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| 0:28.0 | I'm James Hill and I'm joined by the spectators Kate and Balls. |
| 0:30.8 | I form a Labour advisor, John McTernan. |
| 0:33.0 | Now, Katie, there's a big route today going on. |
| 0:35.8 | A story in the eye about private schools and Labour's positionalists |
| 0:39.5 | took us through the story. |
| 0:40.8 | Yes, this goes back to Labour's pledged and private schools |
| 0:44.8 | which has been around for over a year, |
| 0:46.8 | led by Bridget Phillips and backed by Keir Starmer. |
| 0:49.7 | And what they previously said they would do is to end the VAT tax exemption |
| 0:54.4 | on private schools but also end charitable status. |
| 0:57.6 | Now, they have changed that position, first reported by the I and then confirmed by Labour. |
| 1:02.7 | Though I think where you get semantics is that a U-turn is a change is an evolution, |
| 1:08.2 | is it even a policy shift, depending on who you speak to. |
| 1:11.5 | But effectively, they're sticking with the VAT and the VAT exemption |
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