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HMRC will still be able to go after you if you if you are look like an employee and take the piss or unlucky.
My guess is that's the point - big employers of agency / status-fluid headcount didn't enjoy the burden of responsibility for determining that status (in spite of being the driving force behind the shift, cf. nursing staff, care staff).
And now that the pool has dried up a bit, they want / need that flexibility / laxity back, and still have their cake.
I wonder if HMRC has any resources to go after individual contractors with IR35 in mind - it certainly appeared to be a rare occurrence pre-2017
NotThamesWater
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As above the title of the article was misleading. They're removing the onus on employers to define status - it will now be up to contractors, like it was until 2017 or whatever. HMRC will still be able to go after you if you if you are look like an employee and take the piss or unlucky.
There's a hint that they might look at all of it more closely and do away with it entirely, but I doubt the govt. will last that long.