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Stop the pay cut: why and how freelancers and umbrella workers must adjust their rates post-budget
UK freelancers and umbrella workers face a take-home pay cut due to 2025 post-Budget tax rises and threshold changes. Learn the essential rate increases (1.5% to 10%) needed to protect your income, with suggestions on calculating costs and…
Report: Freelance journalism rates frozen for 25 years
Industry squeeze pushes publications to rely on 80% outsourced content as staff numbers plummet
Freelance journalism rates have barely budged in a quarter of a century, with some editors paying writers "not far off" what they offered 25…
Stop wasting pitches: CIPD report reveals UK businesses hiring now
CIPD report hints at hiring trends and best bets for pitches and jobs going into 2026
The UK job market is showing cautious stability this autumn, creating targeted opportunities for freelancers and specialist contractors.
According…
The Freelance Champion we need: Why Britain’s £366bn workforce deserves more
Britain's 4.38m freelancers need an independent cross-sector Freelance Champion and Commissioner who has legislative voting rights
When the House of Lords debated the government's Employment Rights Bill back in July, peers raised a…
Loan Charge Review: What’s the new settlement plan?
New settlement deal offers financial relief for thousands of contractors. Here, we highlight some of the concessions
The Government has announced an overhaul of the controversial Loan Charge, offering a new and more generous settlement…
Starmer defends his Chancellor and the Budget. But business owners say the country has been…
Despite Chancellor Reeves facing calls for her resignation, Prime Minister Starmer stands by her, the Budget and fiscal gap claims
Budget background and backlash
Business owners and MPs, such as Shadow chancellor of the Duchy of…
Major changes for sick pay and paternity rights agreed but zero-rights workers still wait for…
Six-month qualifying period for unfair dismissal agreed after negotiations unlock path to Royal Assent
The Government has announced a breakthrough on the contentious Employment Rights Bill, securing agreement between trade unions and…
Reeves’ Budget raids savings, family legacies, pensions and self-employed “wealth”. But on the…
“Rachel Reeves says the government wants to make the best place in the world for businesses, but has landed a handful of blows to business owners today,” Matthew Knight, Chief Freelance Officer at The Independency Co., tells The Freelance…
Autumn Budget 2025: End of an era? Here’s what the independent workforce should look out for
The forthcoming UK Autumn Budget, scheduled to be delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves on Wednesday, 26 November, could be a watershed moment when it comes to taxation of the self-employed, freelance and contingent workforce.
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New details emerge following news of umbrella collapse owing £2m+
THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED ON 26 NOVEMBER 2025
An umbrella company's administration highlights the major risks that can be inherent in the recruitment supply chain when it comes to payroll credit facilities and upcoming PAYE tax…