Government provides VAT relief for lower-income families with children in private schools.

• Labour ‘U-turns’ on private school VAT raid for families with incomes under £45k
• Gifted private school students from lower-income families exempt from VAT charges on fees
• Government to cover 20% VAT on fees for pupils in music and dance scheme at specialist schools
• Families earning less than £45,000 annually to receive additional funding to offset VAT
• Campaigners welcome move but call for broader changes
• Government insists policy shift is not a reversal of private school VAT policy
• Department for Education avoids describing new arrangement as an “exemption”

Source: gbnews.com

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