By City AM reporter New research from the Taxpayers’ Alliance suggests that the Treasury might lose money from forcing private schools to pay VAT as it will force more pupils into the state sector. The think tank pointed to a survey from Saltus, which showed that 26 per cent of children would have to be removed from their independent school if VAT was imposed, forcing just over 144,000 children into the state sector. With the government spending £7,690 per pupil, this would mean the government would have to spend an extra £1.1bn on children moving to state schools from the private sector. Inde…