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More than £21,000 in interest has appeared in repayment demands sent to a contractor and his wife, despite earlier statements confirming that certain interest charges were no longer payable

November’s Churchill Knight MSC hearing has been vacated, an ironic prelude to Wednesday October 28th’s Budget from chancellor John Healey — the very financial secretary who reportedly promised his

Umbrella regulation alone won’t drive out the cowboys, says the veteran sales director, who marks his 2026 exit by answering 26 questions on JSL, licensing, kickbacks and why 2016 will still outran

Despite being far from comprehensive, new employment status proposals could still help more than 900,000 people.

A long-promised government consultation on employment status could protect vulnerable workers without undermining genuine contractors.

Two senior solicitors share a debt-collection company with a director of West 28th Street.

Before the chancellor even gets to his feet on October 28th, the UK mortgage market is already pulling in two directions.

Workers’ rights, not tax, look set to reshape UK contracting under Labour — a prospect my chat with chancellor John Healey reinforced. This month’s Autumn Budget may be just the start.

Will you still get paid on Friday if your umbrella company is sold?

Not all umbrellas are equal.

Why now, why all at once — and will Trethowans really take contractors to court after 27 October?

A contractor who settled historic loans for £1,994 is now being pursued for £131,000 after the settled debt was apparently sold to West 28th Street.

FCSA has expelled MyPay after HMRC’s winding-up petition, but the umbrella still claims accreditation.

HMRC reckoned no other impacts of JSL had been identified.

Robert Walters’ Jason King sets chancellor John Healey three Budget 2026 tasks to boost IT contractor hiring: fund AI skills, speed up security clearance and increase public sector digital

Winners and judges react after the 2026 Contracting Awards in London, where several of last year’s victors successfully defended their titles, the first AI award was handed out, and one bro

Don’t expect an IR35 rewrite on October 28th, say SG Accounting and Bright Ideas.

With Churchill Knight’s tribunal due in November and one contractor facing an alleged £52,700 bill, a former HMRC specialist tests the ‘cruel’ claim, in a world of nuance and non-hypothetic

Four recruiters endorse the REC’s best IT contractor figures in over three years.

Many contractors knew that loans formed part of their remuneration arrangements. But are the debts being pursued today governed by the rules they actually agreed to?