Ok some maths on charging independent schools more for Ofsted:
St Trinian's has 100 pupils. Inspection costs £7000 and takes place every 5 years. Previously the LA was paying half, £3500, that's £700 a year.
Meanwhile each of the 100 kids saves the taxpayer £8000 a year minimum* by not using a state place.
(*plus x% EHCPs)
That's a net gain to the taxpayer of £799300 per year.
If just one kid leaves and goes state because this straw broke the camel's back, net gain drops to £792000.
In fact this isn't going to save the taxpayer squat because the other attacks are already costing more than this would make. And trust me, that's going to get worse once kids who were mid-GCSE or waiting for a house move hit the state system.
This policy they think will raise 45 million. That's 5625 x 8000. They already lost twice as many kids as that to the state from VAT!!
Now let's look at taxi VAT: Reeves puts VAT on taxi fares, the already enormous cost of ferrying children to distant schools, made far worse by kids leaving private school due to VAT on fees, will rocket, putting Local Authorities under greater strain? Nothing Labour does joins up.
VAT on home to school taxis is really deep in the realms of stupidity.
Along with making SEND private schools funded by the local authority via EHCPs pay more for Ofsted inspections. They’ll just pass the cost on to the taxpayer and the SEND cost will increase.