work and pensions select committee

The draft Bill aims to close the loopholes that allow companies to use bogus 'self-employment' status as a route to cheap labour and tax avoidance, saying the law must not allow willingness to exploit workers to be a competitive advantage.

The Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee say Universal Credit is 'riddled with design flaws' and is calling on Government to fix a flaw which can leave the self-employed far worse off than employees earning exactly the same annual pay.