Give self-employed access to employment benefits such as sick pay & maternity

The chancellor announced in the budget that the self-employed will now pay more in NI contributions to make the system fairer and to close the gap between employed and self-employed. If in the name of fairness then pay sick pay, maternity/paternity and holiday pay to the self-employed.

The Chancellor has announced today (15 March) that the proposed changes to National Insurance for self-employed people won’t go ahead.

The Chancellor made a statement about this to the House of Commons. You can find out more, including how to watch the statement and read a transcript, here:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/news/2017/march/statement-on-class-4-national-insurance-contributions/

You can read a letter about this issue, which the Chancellor has sent to the Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee (Andrew Tyrie MP), here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-from-chancellor-to-chairman-of-treasury-select-committee-on-national-insurance-contributions-for-the-self-employed