Yes, it is a fact. It is one of which I am a first hand witness. So does your opinion of how you think things should be outweigh the actual fact which I have stated? Perhaps because the facts I have presented go against your views on how things should be, you think I'm a liar? Well, that might...
Without getting involved in the general argument, I must point out that this is.....well....bollox.
HMRC actively encourage people to falsely declare themselves as self employed. I know this from first hand experience. When employers try to employ people 'on a self-employed basis' it is to...