Sarah D

Events Producer, Fundraiser, Operations Manager, lover of good food & drink

[Richard @SurteesRichard]

@Anniepop2027 @ShelaghFogarty @LBC As a direct result of the Labour budget, my employer, a small national chain of clothes shops, has reduced shop opening hours. So as manager, I’ve lost 5 hours per week with a 12.5% salary reduction, paid holidays slashed from 25 to 20 days and stopped sick pay.
Thanks Labour 😡

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@paul_hunt_68 @TomlinsonM @CF_Farrow Ah! Here you are again! arguing with others that the DofE is exempt for vat. Despite me sharing with you the guidance. Here’s a different gov link and screen shot (I’ll find the link). Note it doesn’t need to make a profit to have vat added. It’s just income to run the activity

[Heather🌸 @SusanStOswald]

@EducationNotTax @UKLabour Primary teaching was a great job when I qualified in 1978. Hard work, big classes, no teaching assistants or planning and prep time, but it was great fun, very rewarding. But by the time I retired in 2019, it had become really stressful and thankless. Such a shame!

[Olly @oIIyjm]

🧵 Musings on @UKLabour's education tax from a teacher.

Over the last few months I have often felt like a lone voice speaking out against private school-VAT amongst the education community. I have been shocked as many of the loudest and most influential... (1/10)

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@RachelReevesMP Protecting jobs 😂!!! Only those gold plated civil servant jobs! Do you genuinely believe what you say?

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@paul_hunt_68 @reeveabby @bphillipsonMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @BearGrylls @DofE I’m not being https://t.co/tKTfVgr7L3 think DofE isn’t educational!Every element of it is educational!In the same way as a gardening club,Lego robots etc. are education.These activities will have vat added to the costs associated (run not profit). Only ‘care’ will not have vat.

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@a_nother_person

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@Hansford4Peter @jrkdenison Of course people need choice. What is right for one doesn’t work for every child. Location/wrap around care/SEN support/faith etc. many state schools are great and work for many people but not all schools work for every child.

[bow @bowboy77]

@reeveabby @bphillipsonMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @BearGrylls @DofE After school performing arts classes also now having to charge VAT. These classes are attended by the wider local community. 😲

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@M_H_Taylor @reeveabby @bphillipsonMP @RachelReevesMP @Keir_Starmer @KemiBadenoch @BearGrylls @DofE It shouldn’t… but it does under the legislation… as with charging vat on learning support services… for children.. with disabilities and special needs… now support help for diagnosed SEN children will be charged vat!

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@edlonguk @Charlot66862571 @rachel__cruz @bphillipsonMP I think your questions relates to a different chat? Of course there have been stories about bursaries and/or scholarships being reviewed.

[Olly @oIIyjm]

Yet another reason why @UKLabour's education tax is such a disaster ⬇️

Less opportunity for those on low incomes. Less social mobility. Children's dreams shattered. For nothing.

@bphillipsonMP it's not too late to stop this madness.

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@Charlot66862571 @simonhancock_uk @rachel__cruz @bphillipsonMP Around 40%? Where does this comes from? I’m sure the schools would be very grateful for your list. Give the greatest expenditure will be salaries, which can’t be reclaimed and those will have now have increased.

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@simonhancock_uk @Charlot66862571 @rachel__cruz @bphillipsonMP Indeed! And removed business rate relief another high cost.

[Sarah D @SweetDugdale]

@bphillipsonMP You done men’s EVERY child. You have said time & time again it’s not EVERY child. It’s only ‘93%’. You’ve reduced opportunities for children to bursaries and scholarships. You are categorically reducing opportunities. You should look to lift more up, than drag more down.

[Daniel ShenSmith (BlackBeltBarrister) @dshensmith]

Labour: Ban bagel adverts.
Also Labour: Here's an advert for our breakfast clubs.