Private schools win £100m charities tax relief

Private schools in England and Wales have won a legal battle that means you no longer be obliged to give more scholarships to students from poorer families to claim millions of pounds in tax.

The High Court ruled Friday that the regulator of charities - the Charity Commission Charity - had been too prescriptive in how they assess whether the payment of fees schools met their duty of "public utility".

Since 2006 the law of charity, when it introduced the Labour MPs were calling for stricter regulation of charities, private schools have had to prove that good deal to society in general, not only the rights of payment.

The Independent Schools Council (ISC), which represents more than 1,200 schools, with half a million students, opposed to the way in the commission of this public benefit test and was granted a judicial review of last year.

The ISC said the commission was putting too much emphasis on scholarships for poor and abandoned of school aid given to society in other ways, including sharing of playing fields, equipment and resources with local comprehensive.

Private schools say they spend less than $ 260 million in grants - more than twice what they receive in tax benefits.