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Treasury attacked over ‘tax break’ claim in private school VAT ads

The Times & The Sunday Times
Summary
Nutrition label

71% Informative

Policy was introduced on January 1 and compels independent schools to add VAT to fees.

Education has not previously been taxed in the UK and the Treasury has said in adverts that “tax breaks for private schools will end from 2025 ” and that this will “enable better investment in state education”.

VR Score

80

Informative language

82

Neutral language

62

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

43

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

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