James Button

London

Consultant

Not the same as IR35 but similar to benefit fraud.

IR35 stopped independant contractors taking on trainees, or even maintaining their skills, because of the 60% overhead (Tax, NI and more NI)on training - hence the 'IT skills shortage'.

Illegal working implies that people are being paid for work, even though the workers do not have a 'NI number'

- You know - the national id number issued to all 'registered/recorded' children, citizens, residents, and many immigrants.

If so little effective responce is forthcoming about payment to people without NI codes, - and that's costing the government money, who's going to worry about no id card.

And - if you were shown an id card haw would you tell if it's valid.

How many people can even describe a police warrant card?
And that implies powers to physically subdue, publically humiliate & grope? well how else to search, imprison (in a converted transit van) confiscate goods, demand id's passwords etc.