- Engagement with BEIS, HMRC, Treasury and the Business Secretary
- The post Brexit talent landscape in particular visas and the movement of skilled workers across borders
- The Apprenticeship Levy – in particular the broadening of its scope and use
- Payment terms legislation
- The impact of the UK Labour Market Enforcement Strategy.
2023 Public Policy Themes
Political Lobbying
2024
March
March 2024 Policy Recommendations and Documents
Meeting with Nigel Huddleston MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury re umbrella company regulations
APSCo Spring Budget Summary 2024 (Members only)
Spring Budget 2024 - Briefing and speculation - provided on behalf of APSCo by Cavendish Consulting
Response to ICO Consultation on new draft guidance on recruitment and employment.
February
Response to Consultation on DfE on draft agency rules statutory guidance for use workers in children and family social work.
Future of Work Trade Association meeting – 15th February 2024
January
Repeal of Regulation 7 Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 to enable hiring-agency-staff-to-cover-industrial-action
APSCo UK/OutSource Response ACAS Code of Practice on Predictable Working Patterns
2023
November
Pre-Autumn Statement speculation briefing
Institute for the Future of Work AI Summit
Meeting with Liberal Democrat Peers Baroness Garden and Lord Addington
Meeting with Liberal Democrat Peer Lord Newby
Event with Matt Warman MP and Mark Pawsey MP
October
Submission Autumn Statement
Meeting senior Home Office Policy Advisor Global Mobility visas
HMRC Member Roundtable: Contracting Out Guidance Off Payroll
DfE Intermediary Ambassador summit
Letter to Imran Hussain MP newly appointed Shadow Minister for the New Deal for Working People
Letter to Seema Malhotra MP newly appointed Shadow Minister for Skills
August
HMT, HMRC, and Department for Business and Trade (DBT) member events on joint consultation on umbrella companies.
Submission to Labour Party manifesto policy team on the synergy between domestic skills and changes to points-based immigration system
Submission to Lord Newby, Liberal Democrats peer responsible for manifesto policy development on APSCo 2023 campaign recommendations
Discussion with DBT lead policy advisor and Employment Agency Standards team on Workers (Predictable Terms and Conditions) Bill