New Energy Secretary and Labour Left-winger Miatta Fahnbulleh was accused of ‘classic champagne socialism’ after The Mail on Sunday discovered all three of her children are privately educated.
This is despite Ms Fahnbulleh championing Labour’s decision to slap VAT on public school fees – a policy blamed for making private education unaffordable for thousands of other parents.
Peckham MP Ms Fahnbulleh, 46, a rising star on the party’s Left who was made Energy Secretary in Andy Burnham‘s first Cabinet, on Saturday admitted she sends her children to private school when presented with the MoS’ findings. However, she declined to give any details
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