Would Labour voters be upset if joining the EU meant they could no longer tax children’s education?

[Blarneyspoco]

Taxing children’s education is banned as part of EU membership. If the U.K. rejoined the EU, would Labour supporters be upset that they can no longer levy the tax or would it be seen as a necessary compromise.

It would make a lot of sense to deny as many children as possible a vat free private education before the policy is reversed, hopefully we can squeeze the closure of a few more schools in.

It’s supported by 55% and another 20% don’t really care. So it’s easy money with barely any political capital spent. Not madness at all.

Nobody is denied education. Private school is choice and only for the few.

Brexit cost the UK hundreds of billions.

It can be dropped easily and there doesn’t seem any extra for state education anyway.

Totally agree.

Like the bulging benefits - except that hundreds of billions is never ending.

Diamonds are forever.

The bubonic plague killed 40 million people in Europe.

Who are all these people who cared? A handful of randoms on here it would seem.It’s a bit delusional to think that great swathes of people were delighted at it. That notion is distorted. Disappointing though it may be, a high proportion of the electoral vote with predominantly their own interests at heart. If it doesn’t affect them directly, they are not invested enough to have strong feelings either way.

The state of a bog standard state education is worse now than it was in 2024. No new teachers, fewer teachers, more pupils, less sport, less music, less art. And soon they'll be stopping any overall school assessment system at all. Ain't it grand. Poor kids. And teachers.

An ageing population will increase the largest part of the welfare bill.

The economy would be a lot healthier if it wasn't for Brexit.

Oh they were 'invested' in 2024 bless them, So invested it was Labours main policy... How easily you forget.. Funny that.

As much as certain PPs will protest, the policy of VAT on unearned privilege via school fees is very popular with voters. Source: https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/49655-general-election-2024-which-new-policies-do-people-support

I think this is great to see. The British sense of fairness is a cornerstone of our culture, and is alive and well. Among most of us, at least.

No it wasn’t. It was a minor part of the manifesto.

Ah Starmer’s flagship policy along side his face. He didn’t go down well even with VAT.

Sure Blossom. Rewrite history all you like. We have the receipts.

Interesting link @AStonedRose

The receipts from 14 years of underfunding education? The receipts of the damage Brexit has caused?

Still? 2 years in? 8 years in? Never ending.

It was one of Labour’s flagship policies
for the last elections.

The economy would also be a lot healthier if half of all UK billionaires hadn't left the UK since Labour came into power. Chris Rokos paid £330m last year, before he left. That's more than private school VAT brings in.

The economy would also be a lot healthier if Labour's increases in NI and minimum wage, and extra regulations hadn't caused a joblessness crisis in the young.

Won't be long before they run out of other people's money to spend. Unfortunately, it's our money which will have run out.

It takes more than two years to undo the damage wreaked in 14. Sadly most of it’s permanent.

Blossom we were talking about how VAT on school fees was one of Labour's flag ship policies.

A fair tax on unearned privilege? Brilliant. I don’t know why they didn’t lead with that assortment of meaningless words, rather than the 6500 new teachers claim. At least nobody would know what they’re talking about to hold them to account.

The Five National Missions.

Youth unemployment has remained steady since 2023. It’s yet another inherited problem.

You weren’t. I quoted your post. 😂