Labour has promised to take action against construction industry scourge bogus self-employment.
Shadow Treasury secretary Rachel Reeves said a Labour government would close a loophole that costs the Treasury £400 million a year by treating around 300,000 directly employed workers as self-employed, allowing employers to dodge their tax responsibilities.
Ms Reeves said the policy undermined "responsible employers" in the industry as other firms can undercut them.
SHARON GRAHAM reflects on the lessons of Murdoch’s confrontation with print workers – and argues that, in an age of AI, automation and net zero, only early organisation, collective power and planning can stop history repeating itself
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
Our members face daily abuse, being spat at, sometimes even deadly assaults, and employers fail to take the issue seriously despite the increasing danger, writes RMT general secretary EDDIE DEMPSEY


