Labour will not back down on plans to tax private schools, its education spokesman declared yesterday.
Bridget Phillipson vowed to ‘make the change that matters’ despite widespread criticism from private school bosses, who say the policy will impact disadvantaged students.
Ms Phillipson added that she was proud to be ‘chippy’, after reports suggested officials at the Independent Schools Council (ISC) used the term to describe her in private messages.
Rallying the crowd in Liverpool, she said: ‘Conference, we know what the private schools lobby think of our ambition.
‘They were arrogant enough to write it down.