Voters again Labour Social gathering’s plan to finish VAT exemption on personal faculty charges, unique ballot finds

Voters nonetheless help the Labour Social gathering’s plan to finish the VAT exemption on personal faculty charges, regardless of the right-wing press launching an ethical panic over the difficulty.

In current weeks and months, the right-wing press has attacked Labour’s plans, however voters are nonetheless backing the coverage, based on the findings of an unique ballot carried out by Savanta for Left Foot Ahead.

The ballot, which requested voters in the event that they supported or opposed a plan to finish the VAT exemption on personal faculty charges, discovered that 42% of these requested have been in favour of ending the VAT exemption on personal faculty charges, whereas 23% opposed.

Whereas the Labour Social gathering has backed down from plans to fully strip personal faculties of their charitable standing if it wins the subsequent common election, it can nonetheless go forward with plans to impose 20pc VAT on personal faculties and finish enterprise charges aid in England. The Labour Social gathering says that ending enterprise charges aid and imposing VAT on faculties would elevate an estimated £1.7bn, which might be invested within the state sector.

Savanta’s ballot of two,227 voters discovered that whereas 39% of Tory get together voters help plans

to finish the VAT exemption on personal faculty charges, the determine rises to 55% amongst Labour Social gathering voters and Lib Dem voters. 50% of Inexperienced Social gathering voters additionally help the plans.

Whereas 1 / 4 of 18-24 12 months olds help the plans to finish tax breaks on personal faculty charges, the determine rises to 50% for these aged 65 and over.

Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Ahead

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