I was a private school bursary kid – it’s why I back Labour’s plan to tax schools

Standing on the Manchester airport tarmac, waiting to jet off to Naples on a school trip at the age of 12 is a moment I’ll never forget. 

Hiking Mount Vesuvius, gorging on Neapolitan pizzas and guzzling some of the best gelato in the world was all thanks to the generosity of the private school I attended.

I grew up in one of the most deprived areas of Yorkshire ...