‘Even if I was ill, I’d have to work’: Why we need sick pay for the self-employed
Being the Labour candidate for Silverdale and a freelance educational consultant, I’ve met self-employed people from all walks…
Self-employed
Labour criticises £1.7bn “stealth tax” on self-employed “buried in Budget”
Pat McFadden has criticised a “stealth raid on self-employed people” hidden in Rishi Sunak’s Budget that will see…
We must not have a repeat of the last year for the self-employed
This week has marked a year since the televised address announcing the first coronavirus lockdown, and today we…
Labour: Tories “looking the other way” as self-employed are put out of business
Anneliese Dodds has accused the government of having spent the last 12 months amid the coronavirus pandemic “looking…
Fallen short yet again: the Budget simply doesn’t do enough for the self-employed
In the Budget today, Rishi Sunak stood at the despatch box and said, “We will continue doing whatever…
It’s time to do “whatever it takes” for the self-employed
On 20th March 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic was just beginning and the economic crisis that came with…
Give greater security or face “exodus” from self-employment, Sunak warned
Rishi Sunak has been urged in a new report from trade unions and small business to provide greater…
The Excluded, the Forgotten, the Too-Complicated-To-Help? Here’s an idea
Economically speaking, they are the #Excluded, the #Forgotten and the #Too-Complicated-To-Help. I am talking about the huge chunk…
Sunak is still ignoring the Excluded – and it threatens to hold back our recovery
With any fiscal events, there are winners and losers, and the list of losers from this week’s spending…
Labour calls for continued suspension of UC change to support self-employed
Labour has called on the government to “see sense” on the planned reinstatement of the minimum income floor…
