News & Opinion

Responding to the 2024 Autumn Budget, IPSE has highlighted the impact that changes to employers' national insurance will have on contractors working inside IR35.

IPSE's Fred Hicks examines what Labour's commitment to reform rules around self-employment may mean for the sector.

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.

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...

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...

IPSE's Fred Hicks runs through what's included in IPSE's first Budget submission under Keir Starmer's government.

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

In this blog, IPSE's Andy Chamberlain reflects on the news that Rachel Reeves is likely to increase taxes in her Autumn Budget and reviews the likely areas that t...

IPSE's Andy Chamberlain provides an update on the MSC investigations, with progress painfully slow for all involved.

IPSE reacts to Reform UK's pledge to scrap IR35 rules as part of its 2024 election manifesto.

IPSE's Joshua Toovey reviews what the Conservative Party Manifesto offers the self-employed and argues that company directors have again been overlooked.

Responding to the launch of Labour's 2024 election manifesto, IPSE said it is disappointed in the lack of new detail on measures to support the self-employed.