Starmer distances himself from Thornberry comments on class sizes under Labour government

The Independent

Sir Keir Starmer distanced himself from Emily Thornberry's suggestion that Labour’s plan to add VAT to private school fees would lead to larger class sizes in the state sector.Source: PA

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00:00We've had the analysis by the IFS on this, which says that there will be a negligible

00:26impact, so we're very confident about that.

00:40This is a really important policy because, as any parent with young children will tell

00:44you, childcare and nursery places are really essential.

00:49They're so good for children in their development and making sure that when they arrive at primary

00:54school they've got the skills that they need.

00:57Really good for parents and carers because they can get back into the labour market,

01:01so very good also for the economy.

01:03And our scheme is fully funded, fully costed, but also fully planned, so it'll be wrapped

01:07around primary schools and, just talking to some of the parents here who've got other

01:11children in the school, it'll be a real game-changer for them.

01:14So this is being very positively received.

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