Another day closer to the general election and I’m at my daughter’s prep school in Oxfordshire. As has come to be the norm, I’m having a ‘VAT chat’ with a fellow mother.
Of course, we’ve known about Labour’s plan for months. It will lead to a likely 20 per cent rise in private-school fees.
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