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IR35 Review: changes to legislation off the table
HMRC has confirmed the review into IR35, announced yesterday, will not consider changes to legislation. The Treasury confirmed to the REC, by email, that the review will be limited to how IR35 will be implemented.
Despite urgent calls to delay, …
National living wage to rise by 6.2% in April
The national living wage is to rise by 6.2% in what the government says is “the biggest cash increase ever”.
The rise is more than four times the rate of inflation and takes hourly pay for people over 25 to …
Record low business confidence denting ambitious hiring plans
Employers’ confidence in the UK economy has dropped to the joint-lowest level since mid-2016, according to new data from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC). At net: -31, this is only the second time that confidence in the economy has …
