The Borneo Post2d
Boy, 13, sent to reform school for three years over housebreaking, theft in Kuching
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More than 250 Bangkok schools close over air pollution
More than 250 schools in Bangkok were closed today due to pollution, authorities said, as officials urged people to work from home and restricted heavy vehicles in the city. Seasonal air pollution has ...
BBC28d
Private school tax breaks a 'luxury', says Phillipson
Tax exemptions on private schools are a "luxury we cannot afford", the education secretary said ahead of a new policy coming into effect. Bridget Phillipson defended the government ending the ...
Dawn27d
UK to tax private schools to raise $1.9 billion
LONDON: The UK will end a tax exemption for private schools on Wednesday, the centre-left Labour government has announced, in a move set to raise over £1.5 billion ($1.9 billion) for public ...
The Independent28d
Private school tax breaks ‘a luxury we cannot afford’, says education secretary ahead of VAT raid
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Sky25d
Private school parents facing higher fees from today as VAT policy kicks in
Parents who send their children to private schools could face higher fees from today as the government's flagship VAT policy comes into force. Labour on Wednesday scrapped the VAT exemption for ...
ITV28d
Reeves: State schools to receive 'every penny' of £1.7bn raised by ending private school VAT break
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said scrapping private school tax exemptions would give children "the very best start in life" as ITV News' Harry Horton reports The government's move to scrap the ...
London Evening Standard27d
Labour's private school tax change explained: Everything parents need to know
Read our privacy notice. The Government will press ahead with plans to introduce VAT on private school fees despite a backlash from some parents and headteachers. The Finance Bill brings into law ...
Forbes29d
Giant Hairy Pitcher Plant Discovered In Northern Borneo
Borneo. (Credit: Alastair Robinson.) An international team of botanists report they have just described a new species of giant pitcher plant that lives in a tiny area in the mountains on Borneo.
The Independent25d
The VAT ‘raid’ on private schools has finally made me proud to have voted Labour
Six months after the government’s historic landslide election victory, its controversial plan to put VAT on private school fees has come into effect. Following the donorgate scandal and the ...
The Daily Telegraph26d
Private school fees rise by more than Labour predicted
Private schools across the country will increase their fees on Jan 1 by more than the Government predicted as its VAT raid takes effect, The Telegraph can reveal. Sir Keir Starmer’s ...
The Financial Times27d
It’s not just tax. Private school fees are rising in a facilities ‘arms race’
Instead, every model in the music department at the private school in Leicestershire would be a Steinway, the brand that adorns the world’s great concert halls and starts at about £10,000.