Rishi Sunak has given an impassioned defence of private schools, accusing Sir Keir Starmer of failing to understand aspiration during personal exchanges across the dispatch box.
The prime minister accused Labour of putting “resentment” before “opportunity” by wanting to charge VAT on private school fees, after Starmer criticised his former school.
At prime minister’s questions, the Labour leader said that “Winchester College has a rowing club, a rifle club and an extensive art collection; it charges more than £45,000 a year in fees” as he asked why the school benefited from £6 million in tax breaks.
