Middle-class people support the introduction of VAT on private school fees according to the education secretary, the Sunday Times reports just a few days ahead of the 20% surcharge being app;lied for the first time. Bridget Phillipson said she would be the “voice of pushy middle-class parents” who had already been priced out of sending their children to private schools. Elsewhere, Baroness Charlotte Owen, who was the youngest-ever life peer when appointed and Boris Johnson’s former aide, is campaigning against deepfake porn by introducing a private member’s bill to the Lords.
