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07 Sep 2026

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Budget 2026: what UK housing needs (and doesn’t)

From 1% deposits to 6.5x multipliers even on ‘fractional’ income, here's how contractor mortgages are already changing pre-Budget 2026 — and the one wish, and one worry, ahead of former housing minister and now chancellor John Healey delivering his verdict before Halloween.

By John Yerou

04 Sep 2026

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Who the hell is Ethica Resolve — and is it ethical?

A new name has appeared in the long-running contractor loan saga. It promises financial wellness, claims to have thousands of staff, and says it helps customers become debt-free. So who is Ethica Resolve, why is it now servicing West 28th Street’s alleged debts — and just how ethical is Ethica?

By ContractorUK Editorial Team

02 Sep 2026

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Data Kraken v Torry Harris: 5 lessons for software developer contractors

From ‘permitted purpose’ clauses to ‘flow down’ obligations, a live High Court case triggered by ‘unusual email alerts’ and centring on a displaced software supplier offers five lessons in guarding your own when a big client moves on.

By Evane Alexandre

01 Sep 2026

Contracting News

Loan Recall Case Study: Amanda

Amanda worked for eight weeks in 2016. She is now 63, retired and a grandmother of six — and almost a decade later, she is still being told that some of the money she earned is a debt.

By ContractorUK Editorial Team

28 Aug 2026

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How IR35 inflated an £8.5bn consultancy bill — and tests Burnham at the Budget

There’s a slow tightening of the screw on the self-employed that might as well have eight consultancy giants at the handle end, and government policy as the torque. The PM or his chancellor should stop this billion-pound accumulation of UK self-harm dressed up as reform.

By Josh Toovey

27 Aug 2026

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Autumn Budget 2026: FCSA’s 5 contractor asks of John Healey

Contractor-turned-umbrella-company-body-CEO Chris Bryce outlines what’s deliverable, affordable and tangible in the new chancellor’s first budget, ranging from MSC reform and a statutory employment status test to banning the brolly bypass and eliminating the IR35 exemption ruse.

By Chris Bryce

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