The Autumn Statement got lost as it was overtaken by International news however this might be of interest to Pilots working with employment agencies.
https://www.gov.uk/government/upload...ement_2013.pdf
Page 73.
1.306 As the next step, Autumn Statement 2013 announces action to prevent
employers and employment intermediaries from avoiding employer NICs and
circumventing their employer obligations. The government strongly supports enterprise
and those who choose to work for themselves, and believes that the tax system should continue
to recognise the additional risk someone who is genuinely self-employed takes on. But the
government is acting now to level the playing field so that companies cannot use employment
intermediaries to disguise employment as self-employment and thus avoid employment
taxes and deny employment rights to their workforce. The government will legislate to
prevent employment intermediaries from being able to use contrived contracts to 74 Autumn Statement 2013
disguise the employment of workers. This will take effect from April 2014 and raise around £400 million each year.