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BRITAIN faces an exodus of self-employed workers unless the government urgently introduces new support for the sector, a new report has warned.
An inquiry into the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the sector found that less than a third are confident that they want to continue working for themselves.
The inquiry’s interim report, published today, found that more than half of self-employed workers had lost between 60 and 100 per cent of their income in 2020.
The visa system traps workers with abusive employers, creating a vulnerable workforce scared to complain for fear of deportation — that is why we’re campaigning for a ‘common sponsorship’ model instead, writes FAVOUR DAVIDKING
Artists should not be consigned to a life of precarious working – they deserve dignity and proper workers’ rights, argues ZITA HOLBOURNE
In an address to the Communist Party’s executive at the weekend international secretary KEVAN NELSON explained why the communists’ watchwords must be Jobs not Bombs and Welfare not Warfare