Hold on though

According to this the costs 800m, and there are 600k children in private education in the UK

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Use low average of private school annual fee:

11k (source User Posted Link

Using standard rate 20% VAT:

600k * 11k = 660m

It's really not far off

Posted By: Steve in Holland on April 5th 2017 at 23:31:49

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And to top off a great evening Corbyn does this... (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 5, 22:36:17
- The man's a fucking twat (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Apr 6, 17:17:31
- Just another typical Labour policy (General Chat) - Ben, Apr 5, 23:19:23
  - I think this idea is dumb (General Chat) - King, Apr 5, 23:24:13
    - I'm not comparing the policies directly, just the reason they were created (General Chat) - Ben, Apr 5, 23:56:57
- ? (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Apr 5, 22:58:27
- In essence though, would you agree free school meals for school kids is a good thing (General Chat) - maidstoneyellow, Apr 5, 22:55:30
  - Great idea. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 5, 22:59:40
    - Are they going to be means tested? Surely those who can pay should pay and those who can't (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Apr 5, 23:06:00
      - Yeah so those who get free meals can have a big old sign on them saying "bully me" like (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 5, 23:15:08
        
        Juniors are means tested at the moment, infants aren't (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 5, 23:33:24
        
        This is the correct answer. (n/m) (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Apr 5, 23:32:53
      - This is a good point (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Apr 5, 23:09:38
      - Not from my reading. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 5, 23:09:09
- Careful the vocal minority will slate you.... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Apr 5, 22:45:09
  - No one with any sense will think this is workable. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 5, 22:49:19
    - The concept is fantastic. Yet I fear you may well be correct with the arithmetic. Which (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 5, 22:54:46
      - Schools don't have the space or capacity to deliver this. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 5, 23:01:18
        
        Yeah feeding kids is never important (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 5, 23:11:47
        
        But it cannot work. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 5, 23:21:31
        
        Hold on though (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 5, 23:31:49
        
        Numb nuts here forgot to only take the VAT. So (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 6, 09:53:21
        
        But this does not cover the half of it. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Apr 5, 23:45:33
        
        Although the other part of this would be that (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Apr 5, 23:35:26
        
        Depends on how price sensitive private schools are (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Apr 5, 23:37:34
- Love it! (n/m) (General Chat) - maidstoneyellow, Apr 5, 22:45:09
- Ridiculousocialist (n/m) (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Apr 5, 22:37:49
  - Is that a Harry Potter spell? (General Chat) - Old Git, Apr 5, 23:08:34
    - Ha ha .. (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Apr 5, 23:16:38

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