Not seeking a repeal of the OPW rules is a wasted opportunity. And since 2017, the UK has known plenty about ‘wasted opportunity’ — by leaving its contractor workforce shackled.
A minister’s underreported remarks have transformed Rachel Reeves’ fourth fiscal set piece into an event that will almost inevitably increase taxes for contractors.
The withdrawal of an Employment Rights Bill amendment isn’t the last contractors will hear of a brolly licensing authority. Not if we have anything to do with it.