Update: Our webinar is now live! You can watch a short video that covers all everything you need to know about this consultation here. On that page, you'll also find a link to our downloadble step-by-step guide to help you draft your own consultation response. The Government has launched a consultation that could fundamentally reshape how temporary staffing works in the UK. Published on 2 June 2026, Make Work Pay: Ending One-Sided Flexibility – Reforms of Zero Hours and Simil

To the dismay of those playing by the rules such as Clipper Contracting, we are sad to report that payroll pirates are at it again; bad actors within the temporary work supply chain are continuing to push tax avoidance schemes to unsuspecting contractors. HMRC has declared a briefing alert setting out their position o the latest one; that HMRC does not accept Bills of Exchange as payment of tax liabilities. Just over a month since the implementation of JSL on April 6th, tax-a

It feels like consultation after consultation at the moment! Having seen Joint Several Liability become a reality after the Umbrella consultation in 2023, there are plenty more on the horizon and we will share our thoughts in due course. Here though, we shed light on one that is inbound later this year. The single worker pledge, proposed by the Labour Party during the run up to the general election in their ‘Make Work Pay’ manifesto in 2024, outlines a proposed new unified ca