Community: The self-employed are “falling into the abyss” during Covid
The Conservative Party is supposed to champion the entrepreneur. Tories are expected to be on the side of…
Self-employment
How Labour can develop a distinctive narrative on business
Brendan Chilton’s comment piece for LabourList last week argued that the party should be opposing the Tories if…
This government is creating a class of zero-rights employees
For years, the talk has been about the changing working landscape and the oncoming digital revolution. Over the…
Why have the self-employed been hung out to dry by the Chancellor?
After a reasonably productive Day One of social distancing at home – we went outside, the boy ate…
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…
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…
