A leaked memo from the deputy PM to the chancellor asks for a £5,000+ cut to limited company contractor take-home pay.

This government (like the last) cannot settle on the self-employed, subjecting them to a never-ending, legislative merry-go-round.

There’s a new witty banner on LinkedIn. But it doesn’t filter to agencies, nor does it give the outside IR35 points you probably want.

What will your end-clients identify as? That is the question an HMRC update sets up as significant for April 6th 2027.

Zero-hours workers are today’s IT contractors from the 1990s; HMRC’s thinking needs to catch up with that reality. 

A slight adjustment to the government’s train of thought could avoid derailing the umbrella industry for the 700,000 employees who rely on it.

A single test involving a Boox contractor, and the separate test case for CK contractors, could be scheduled before 2025 is out.

A postponement to payrolling BIKs of 12 months is being well-received, as is a 2027/28 penalty waiver (of sorts).

A ‘win-at-all-costs’ taxman is concerning for those of us who champion contracting, especially given the spring in his step courtesy of the courts.

Combined with complications caused by PGMOL, limited grounds of appeal were the urologist’s undoing.