TAXPAYERS are giving private schools a £10 million subsidy on their rates bills because the elite educational establishments are classed as charities, a Sunday Herald investigation has found.
Meanwhile, state comprehensives in some of Scotland's most deprived areas are being charged full rates, paid by local authorities from the public purse.
The private-sector perk has been branded "repugnant" by a leading education expert.
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