Rachel Reeves: Tories want to cut taxes for big business but growth of the gig economy demands we help the self-employed now
The gig economy and speedy growth of firms like Uber and Deliveroo have contributed to a rise in…
Self-employment
Labour must make the case that small businesses are the engines of social justice
To many of us, it surely seems right now that the world is changing in unexpected, and sometimes…
“Poverty pay” risk of self-employment, warns Debbie Abrahams
Self-employed people are at risk of ending up with simply “poverty pay”, Labour’s welfare spokeswoman has said. Anyone…
The labour movement needs a strategy for Britain’s millions of self-employed people
In today’s labour market, uncertainty is the new normal. Casual work, temping, zero hour contracts and diverse forms of…
Bringing down the umbrellas! Clamping down on bogus self-employment in Wales
Imagine finding yourself in a position where despite working for a single company in practice you’re made to…
Zero-hours contracts – a symptom of a wider broken economy
According to new ONS figures, nearly 700,000 people are on zero-hours contracts in their main job – a…
To be a party for all workers, we need to protect the self-employed
Ed Miliband pledged in his speech to conference last week to end a “21st century discrimination” and fight…
Freelancing needs a policy agenda of its own
The self employed are often the ‘most entrepreneurial, go-getting people in Britain’ . That is what Ed Milliband…
Standing up for the self-employed
By Rachel Reeves and Chuka Umunna Becoming your own boss and starting out as self-employed takes determination, energy…
