Private schools take legal actions over VAT fees after Rachel Reeves's Autumn Budget

a group of private schools are taking the government to court over his decision to charge VAT on private school fees Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed the Autumn budget that she removed the tax benefits of private schools with the tuition and boarding fees set to be taxed at 20% this is predicted to raise up to1 1.5 billion pounds per year for the treasury Labor's Manifesto detailed this policy to scrap the charitable status for private schools however this decision caused a stir as there's been outrage from the private school sector following the changes the independent school council which

represents 14400 private schools have decided to bring legal action against the government the ISC is working with a notoriously expensive £10,000 per hour Lord panck KC alongside Paul luers from black Zone Chambers and the law firm Kingsley napley Lord panck was lead embarrass during the boris's party gate hearing and he is currently representing Manchester City in his disputes with the Premier League the ISC came is set to center around breaches of the European convention on human rights and the Human Rights Act of 1998 the independent school council CEO said they will be defending the rights

of families who have chosen independent education but who will no longer be able to do so as a direct result of unprecedented educational tax the legal proceedings for the ISC case are set to be brought shortly here at CM we would like to know what do you think of the government's decision to charge VAT on private school fees let us know in the comments and subscribe to CM for more [Music]