Campaigners for regulation of umbrella companies were let down again yesterday by the government’s failure to add ‘curb or kill’ amendments to the Finance Bill.
While observers praised passionate advocacy for the measures from MPs David Davis and Sir Iain Duncan Smith in last night’s parliamentary debate, the government received widespread criticism for failing to act to “tame the ‘Wild West’” of the unregulated umbrella market”, as described by ardent campaigner Dave Chaplin, the CEO of ContractorCalculator.