Should private schools be abolished?

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he merits of removing the tax advantages afforded to independent schools have been debated for years, but should reforms actually be far more wide ranging? We asked two experts for their opinions

Maxwell Marlow, the director of research at the Adam Smith Institute, a free-market think tank

The bedrock of the free, democratic societies we champion is the fundamental respect for individual rights — including the right to educational choice.

Maxwell Marlow