Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 68425
Self-employed: Fraud
Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 22 July 2025
Named DayQuestion
Neil Coyle
Labour — Bermondsey and Old Southwark
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to tackle bogus self-employment in the digital economy.
Answer
Justin MaddersThe Government is clear that bogus self-employment is unacceptable. Employers should never seek to deny people their employment rights and avoid their own legal obligations by claiming someone is self-employed when in reality they are not. We recognise th...
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