Ahead of Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget 2025 on 26 November, ContractorUK brings together analysis and reaction from across the contracting sector.

As the government continues to flatter IR35, the data needed to truly gauge the full, detrimental impact of the HMRC rules is conveniently not being disclosed.

The “interesting” case of the nurse who won at the ET, but who’s now lost at the EAT, contains some key admissions for Labour, as well.

If you're a contractor thinking about closing your limited company, Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) can make a big difference to how much tax you'll pay to HMRC. Lifting the lid on how BADR ...

You may have noticed, HMRC is on a roll. Revenue & Customs seems to be winning all its recent IR35 tribunals and, in the main, doing so emphatically. Several cases have made their way to the Upper ...

The Intermediaries legislation of 2000 has made life ‘very, very difficult’ for contractors, so it too would be abolished ...

The taxman has 14 million reasons to feel like he’s come out on top, even if it is wooden dollars which changed hands four ...

The hopes last October when the government announced that there would be another loan charge review were high, following the promise made by Rachel Reeves when in opposition. However, the hopes were ...

When the government announced its landmark late payment clampdown in July 2025 When the government announced its landmark late payment clampdown in July 2025, we at IPSE were among the first to praise ...

Following the government’s 2023 consultation into tackling non-compliance in the umbrella market, mandatory ‘due diligence’ checks for agencies working with umbrellas are being considered as part of ...