Private schools fear campaign threat to their charity status - Britain - Times Online

Private schools fear campaign threat to their charity status - Britain - Times Online: "Private schools fear campaign threat to their charity status
By Alexandra Frean, Social Affairs Correspondent
THE charitable status of private schools and hospitals will be challenged by a powerful campaign led by MPs, charities and lawyers, and backed by the Charity Commission, when the Charities Bill returns to Parliament next week.

The Bill replaces the 400-year-old common law definition of charity and removes the presumption of charitable status from independent schools. Instead, it requires all charities that charge high fees to demonstrate that they are of “public benefit” if they are to retain tax breaks worth a total of £88 million a year."