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France and Germany attack UK plan to levy VAT on international school fees

Proposal to impose value added tax in the Budget risks damaging diplomatic ties, ambassadors say
The Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, in west London, which charges annual fees of up to £16,923

France and Germany have hit out at Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to levy value added tax on private school fees, saying the policy risks forcing hundreds of children out of international schools and damaging diplomatic relations with the UK.

Hélène Duchêne and Miguel Berger, French and German ambassadors to London, told the Financial Times that fee-paying international schools in the UK, which are part-funded by overseas governments, were not “conventional” independent schools and should not be subject to the levy.

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