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This is why we shouldn’t fear Labour’s plan to tax private schools
As the nation adjusts to its new Labour government, my phone has been pinging all week with non-stop messages. The subject my friends want to discuss? The educational background of those who make up Keir Starmer’s new cabinet – and the glorious fact that …