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.

A minister’s underreported remarks have transformed Rachel Reeves’ fourth fiscal set piece into an event that will almost inevitably increase taxes for contractors.

The Tory leader wants to cut contractors’ moving home costs by thousands. Look out for Labour’s halfway house measure next month.

Seasonal factors have helped the still-shrinking temporary IT jobs market move towards growth for the first time in four months.

Your limited company’s end isn’t an end to your director responsibilities, no matter what the dark web might have you believe. Or pay for.

Despite a minister’s warm words, the ERB risks leaving some contractors in the cold, just as SOW and consultancy gigs start to show green shoots.

Shadow business secretary vows to ‘look at reforming IR35’ if the Conservatives are returned to power.

JSL tipped to sit alongside the current list of avoiders, ‘tightening the taxman’s approach via deterrence and enforceable recovery.’

A foreshadowing of JSL that emphasises the purpose of the April 2026 rules also appears to reveal when a penalty isn’t truly a penalty.

Freelance tech staff forecasts are up, but the chancellor’s ‘kicking’ and her possibly incoming ‘car crash’ are keeping temporary IT billings down. And dwindling.

When insolvency experts like us wind up recruitment companies, it’s proactivity that often separates the paid from the unpaid.

The withdrawal of an Employment Rights Bill amendment isn’t the last contractors will hear of a brolly licensing authority. Not if we have anything to do with it.

Contractors with a buy-to-let who believe Autumn Budget will be bruising face a choice: raise the rent, or get out now before the taxman cometh.

Whether it’s blue, red, or another hue, one party will finish conference season with the self-employed vote more in the bag than the others.

Despite concerns over its independence and scope, the ‘Freelance Champion’ won’t face any competition in its role supporting IT contractors.

The government’s focus is firmly on umbrella companies, but ‘there’s still a lot on the table’ that chancellor Rachel Reeves could hit contractors with 12 weeks from now.

Contractor tax and accounting experts say the chancellor’s mooted plan to get the UK ‘unstuck’ has a size issue.