Private school fee panics are right-wing hysteria
Middle-class parents were priced out of private education long before the Labour government
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Pippa Bailey
Pippa Bailey is the executive editor (print) of the New Statesman. She has previously worked at ShortList, the Mail on Sunday and the Independent. She would like to be internationally recognised for her long-form features, but you probably know her from writing about her love life in Deleted Scenes.
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