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The Great Croydon Book Dump: When Public Knowledge Becomes Pavement Litter

• via BBC News

The Great Croydon Book Dump: When Public Knowledge Becomes Pavement Litter

A Community's Loss, A Society's Shame

Council contractors in Croydon have been photographed dumping hundreds of library books onto the pavement outside the shuttered Broad Green Library, treating decades of accumulated knowledge like household rubbish. The mayor calls it "unacceptable" and promises action against the contractors. But the real story isn't about careless workers or damaged books. It's about what happens when a society stops valuing the infrastructure of literacy itself.

The VAT Raid's Real Casualties: How Labour's Education Tax Destroyed Working Class Aspiration While Handing Millions to Eton

• via The Telegraph

The VAT Raid's Real Casualties: How Labour's Education Tax Destroyed Working Class Aspiration While Handing Millions to Eton

Analysis of Labour's VAT on private schools reveals a policy that has backfired spectacularly, harming the very families it claimed to help while enriching elite institutions.

Six months after Labour introduced VAT on private school fees, the evidence reveals a policy that has achieved the exact opposite of its stated aims. While politicians promised to fund 6,500 new state teachers by taxing elite institutions, the reality shows working class families priced out of education, state schools overwhelmed by displaced pupils, and Britain's most expensive schools claiming millions in VAT rebates.