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And now the tariffs are a double whammy.

But the ISC chief executive Julie Robinson says the sector has been hit a "triple whammy" of national insurance changes, an end to charitable business rates relief and "the blow of 20% VAT on fees".

Employers will also pay an increased amount of National Insurance from April, which Mr Astley described as a "double whammy".

"We also found that children's social and emotional development has a big impact on their academic results so it's been a double whammy and we predict that GCSEs won't recover for a decade."

"Because it's like a kind of a triple whammy; the cost of the electricity and gas, the cost the petrol is up as well therefore the delivery of any food that you eat is up."