Despite concerns over its independence and scope, the ‘Freelance Champion’ won’t face any competition in its role supporting IT contractors.

The government’s focus is firmly on umbrella companies, but ‘there’s still a lot on the table’ that chancellor Rachel Reeves could hit contractors with 12 weeks from now.

This government must resist labelling status ‘too difficult to fix,’ and in the process, clear up IR35 nonsense.

Far from thawing out the threshold freeze we’ve all suffered since 2022/23, Reeves is tipped to soon leave even more of your ...

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IR35 became law in 2000, and is another name for the off-payroll working rules. IR35 affects all contractors who do not meet HMRC’s definition of self-employed.

Far from thawing out the threshold freeze we’ve all suffered since 2022/23, Reeves is tipped to soon leave even more of your earnings out in the cold.

A commitment to consult ‘by the end of this year’ may reassure contractors, but not those who've been pinning their hopes on Single Worker Status.

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He’s ‘not self-employed’ therefore he must be ‘a worker,’ said the Court of Appeal in the recent Pimlico Plumbers case., writes Adrian Marlowe, managing director of Lawspeed. In reaching this decision ...

Aside to much poorer payment terms, public sector contractors under the Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) Framework are also now carrying a significant increase in commercial-business risk, writes an ...

Contractor UKSimon Moore is one of the UK’s most consistently published freelance journalists on freelancing, self-employment and contractor issues, such as IR35, the Loan Charge and late payment.