The government has defended its policy of adding VAT to private school fees, telling the High Court it enhances "the fairness of the tax system overall".Barristers representing Chancellor Rachel Reeves, as well as HMRC and the Department for Education,...

The government's policy of adding VAT to private school fees will "interfere with the fundamental right to education", the High Court has heard.In front of a packed court room, with headteachers and students in school uniforms listening from the...