Scrapping Eton's tax breaks would pay for hundreds of teachers in areas where pupils are falling behind, Labour has revealed.
The elite boarding school - attended by both Boris Johnson and David Cameron - was handed a £10.6million subsidy last year as parents did not have to pay VAT on fees.
Eton’s fee income last year was £53.2million last year, which amounts to at least £10.6million in missed VAT, according to the party's analysis.
The money could have paid for at least 186 teachers in constituencies where heads are struggling to get staff, according to the party's analysis.
Labour wants to strip the charitable status from private schools, which it says would raise £1.7billion to funnel into the state education system.
