Government aims to halt bogus self-employment

The government has made a fresh commitment to take "vigorous action" to eradicate bogus self-employment in the construction industry.

Further details of the Labour Party's plans for construction emerged as it met for its annual conference in Manchester this week.

The new policy document states: "We have already acted to protect agency workers, but we recognise the damaging effects false self employment status can have and will work to eradicate false self- employment in construction.

"We will put in place a series of measures to ensure that nobody is falsely classified as self-employed. These will include using procurement rules on all publicly-funded projects."

Alan Ritchie, general secretary of Ucatt, said: "The policies agreed with the Labour Party pave the way towards transforming the construction industry for the better. The policies are pivotal and mark the most significant step forward for the industry in a generation."