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Politicians have forgotten how to court small businesses
Politicians have forgotten how to court small businesses
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IPSE's Joshua Toovey argues that our political parties have lost their way when it comes to the UK's smallest businesses.

08 May 2025
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IPSE and IR35: Campaigning for a change to the law
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In the final of the IR35 webinar series, IPSE’s policy team discusses how IR35 has changed, what the future for IR35 looks like and why we still believe IR35 shou...

01 Apr 2025
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Self-employed women have been let down – no wonder they’re leaving
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Recently, we’re seeing worrying signs that recent increases in women in self-employment are being reversed. But what's behind this, and what can be done about it?

20 Feb 2025
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What government gets right and wrong with its new Fair Payment Code 2
What government gets right – and wrong – with its new Fair Payment Code
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Fred Hicks looks at the problem of late payment for freelancers and weighs up whether the government's new Fair Payment Code will make a meaningful impact on the ...

05 Dec 2024
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We must do more as a society to support unpaid carers in self employment 2
We must do more as a society to support unpaid carers in self-employment
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IPSE’s Joshua Toovey outlines why we’re calling for additional support for the half a million unpaid carers in self-employment.

20 Nov 2024
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How are the self employed reacting to the Budget?
How are the self-employed reacting to the Budget?
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IPSE’s Joshua Toovey reviews how the self-employed have been reacting to Rachel Reeves’ Budget, with differing impacts for umbrella workers, company directors and...

07 Nov 2024
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Josh Toovey
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IPSE slams hidden Budget cost of Employers’ national insurance change for umbrella workers
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Responding to the 2024 Autumn Budget, IPSE has highlighted the impact that changes to employers' national insurance will have on contractors working inside IR35.

30 Oct 2024
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Employee or self employed Labours plans to redraw the line 2
Employee or self-employed? Labour's plans to redraw the line
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IPSE's Fred Hicks examines what Labour's commitment to reform rules around self-employment may mean for the sector.

24 Oct 2024
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Government revamps its Payment Code but bolder action is needed
Government revamps its Payment Code but bolder action is needed
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IPSE's Joshua Toovey reviews the detail behind government's plans to tackle late payment and argues that bolder action is required to bring about prompt payment.

17 Oct 2024
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New Employment Rights Bill proves controversial – here’s what the self-employed need to know
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In this blog, we explore what the new Employment Rights Bill means specifically for the self-employed and what IPSE believes government's next steps must be.

10 Oct 2024
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How the Chancellor can avoid making saving even harder for the self-employed
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IPSE's Joshua Toovey looks at the options on the table for the Chancellor ahead of her first Budget statement and how these might impact freelancers' plans to sav...

26 Sep 2024
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Unprecedented HMRC appointment shows Chancellor is listening to frustrated taxpayers, says IPSE
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After calling for closer political oversight of HMRC, IPSE has welcomed the Chancellor's decision to appoint a government minister to chair HMRC's board for the f...

25 Sep 2024
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Referees’ tax case ruling will make it “even harder to be self-employed”, says IPSE

IPSE reacts to the Supreme Court's ruling in favour of HMRC v PGMOL.

17 Sep 2024
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Listing News Opinion governments upcoming Budget
IR35 front and centre of IPSE's first Labour Budget submission
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IPSE's Fred Hicks runs through what's included in IPSE's first Budget submission under Keir Starmer's government.

12 Sep 2024
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Will government get moving on umbrellas?
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With the majority of avoidance schemes still being styled as umbrella services, IPSE’s Joshua Toovey urges government to get moving on regulation of umbrellas.

05 Sep 2024
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The Courage Economy

IPSE's manifesto for the 2024 general election

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Tax now worries freelancers more than the economy - here's why
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IPSE's Fred Hicks discusses why new survey data is showing that tax rules - not the economy - are now freelancers' biggest business concern.

15 Aug 2024
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Freelance Confidence Index archive
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The Freelancer Confidence Index is a quarterly survey that tracks the business performance and economic outlook of independent professionals and the self-employed...

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