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I'm not sure whether this is a bad thing or not.
If they are able to cut out the VAT and business rates breaks then that is getting rid of a large parts of the benefits that they had by being a charity.
If they removed charitable status from the schools then that would mean they could charge corporation tax on the profits but the schools would then be able to do what they wanted with the fees rather than have to spend them on education (and I wouldn't be surprised if some of that involved management fees, rights, etc to overseas companies or trusts to cut that tax bill right down).
Although personally I'd just abolish all private schools and have done with it.
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Seriously just fuck off now - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/sep/27/labour-backs-down-from-plan-to-strip-private-schools-of-charitable-status