Tax

There are 326,068 jobs for contract workers listed on Adzuna, the job search engine, a fifth more than at the beginning of April.

Survey of employers suggests government should consider a new wellbeing tax break aimed at supporting workforce health.

Nearly 50,000 businesses were in critical financial distress in the spring, an increase of 21.4% compared with the previous year.

HM Revenue & Customs has announced a new online Pay As You Earn (PAYE) service for UK employees.
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Low-paid workers could receive up to £1,000 under 'Britannia Card' proposal to provide tax exemptions for non-doms.

One-third of businesses plan job cuts after increase in national insurance contributions (NICs), with one in five having done so already.

May 2025's top HR questions include one about a new criminal offence for an organisational failure to prevent fraud.

HMRC publishes research into removing tax exemptions for workplace pension schemes administered through salary sacrifice.

A labour supplier has been suspended from the HS2 rail project amid allegations that it had been falsely declaring worker status.

Pay awards in real terms could decrease for a “prolonged period” after inflation overtook salary increases for the first time in 19 months.

Jonathan Reynolds defends UK-India free trade deal, saying critics are “confused” to think that NIC agreement “undercuts” British workers.

A doctor who provided services to two hospitals via a personal services company has been deemed an employee for tax purposes after a long-running legal battle.

Almost half of UK companies are scaling back on recruitment in response to the increase in employers’ national insurance contributions.

‘Exporters to the US will be forced to review the viability of the US as a destination for their goods, and as a supply chain location.’

There were no further surprises for employers in today’s Spring Statement as they prepare for next week’s minimum wage and national insurance increases.