Three high court judges have rejected a judicial review into the government's policy of adding VAT to private school fees. Lawyers representing families and private schools had argued that the policy was discriminatory and in breach of human rights law.

Several private schools, children who attend them and their parents brought legal action against the Treasury over the move.

A group of private schools, pupils and their parents have lost a High Court challenge over Labour’s imposition of VAT on fees. It comes after six families last year launched a l