A full list of winners from the seventh annual Contracting Awards.

The Intermediaries legislation of 2000 has made life ‘very, very difficult’ for contractors, so it too would be abolished with the OPW rules — Reform UK.

The taxman has 14 million reasons to feel like he’s come out on top, even if it is wooden dollars which changed hands four times.

Following an attack by Nigel Farage on ‘weak Tory chancellors’ for leaving contractors ‘embattled by IR35,’ Richard Tice says it does indeed mean a Reform government would axe the HMRC rule.

Officials' insistence that digital ID cards will be internally resourced is not convincing analysts, agents, and trade bodies, who argue that IT contractors will inevitably be involved.

A few good reasons why the ‘token gesture’ should avoid the axe probably need offsetting against alignment and adjustment risks to dividends on Nov 26th.

Self-employment isn’t a tax dodge — it’s a benefits gap. Fixing it with ‘parity’ would cost the Treasury more than it’d raise.

An unpacking of the Court of Appeal upholding HMRC’s consecutive wins over a ‘careless’ umbrella, thrice ruled to have wrongly reimbursed contractor travel expenses.

Beware, because a last-ditch push from disguised remuneration schemes looking to cash-in before April 2026’s closing date is underway.

Pressure by UK plc to water down late payment rules must be ignored, or else contractors face another half-measure, dressed up as reform.

Robert Half reveals where IT contractors seeking premiums need to look in 2026.

A soon-to-be published review of settlement terms will reveal HM Treasury still deciding the fate of loan charge contractors, as even its ex-HMRC author says he won’t have ‘first voice.’  

More updates than new entries on HMRC’s list is actually a good thing, not that the named necessarily feel shamed, say top tax advisers.

Mismanaging the off-payroll working rules lands the Welsh government environment agency with a still ‘staggering cost.’

In a world with a lower VAT ceiling than today’s, expect fewer unregistered rivals, potential FRS tweaks, and more HMRC compliance noise.

The VAT ceiling is tipped to either rise or fall on November 26th. Here’s why PSCs should hope it’s hiked to £100,000.

Why I’d bet my insolvency licence on the wisdom of avoiding unlicensed firms.

The government response to Ray McCann’s HMRC loan charge findings will be published before or on November 26th, ‘a fiscal event.’

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.

Where Rachel Reeves can prove next month that the government finally understands what the UK’s flexible workforce needs to thrive.