Labour’s plans to impose 20% VAT on private school fees may not proceed as planned on 1 January due to “warnings from unions, tax experts and school leaders”, the Observer declares. Numerous organisations within the education sector are calling for a delay until next September to give private schools more time to adapt and register for the new tax, the paper reports. Also featured is a photo of displaced Lebanese families crossing into Syria along the Beirut-Damascus highway, as they try to escape the spiralling violence in Lebanon.
