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PCG Newsletter - 32/01 - October 4th: Labour
Party, conference
In this issue:
- PCG's Presence at the Labour Party Conference;
- Judicial Review of IR35 - the Appeal
- PCG agm and conference.
PCG Presence at Labour Party Conference
PCG's public affairs team attended the Labour Party conference
to put forward the PCG's position on a number of issues
relating to contractors in a series of meetings and discussions
with Ministers, MPs, party workers and other interested
groups.
The PCG also arranged the first fringe meeting held at
a party conference event by contractors with Tony McWalter
MP; Andy White, founder of the PCG and PCG's Chairman Jane
Akshar addressing an audience of 30 contractors and delegates.
The meetings and discussions have opened the door to follow
up dialogues with a number of Ministers and MPs including
Treasury and DTI Ministers.
Full daily conference reports, discussion and action plans
are available in the 'Lobbying and External Affairs Forum'.
https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/threads/wwwthreads.pl?a=l&f;=3
Judicial Review of IR35 - The Appeal
As members will know PCG has been granted leave to appeal
against the judgment of Mr Justice Burton in dismissing
our judicial review against IR35 in April this year.
The PCG appeal is scheduled to begin on 19th or 20th November
and to last for three days.
We have exchanged skeleton arguments with counsel for the
Inland Revenue, and a case conference was held on Thursday
27th September.
We are pursuing our case against IR35 under EU law on the
grounds of 'State Aid' and 'Freedom of Movement' to argue
that IR35 should be struck down.
For access to the original judgement, the skeleton argument
for the appeal, and discussion by members, go here: https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/threads/showpost.pl?f=legal-42205
PCG AGM & Conference
There is a week to go before PCG�s 2001 AGM & Conference
in York, on Saturday, 13th October. This is an opportunity
for members to get involved in the organisation and meet
many fellow PCGers. This year's conference has a strong
panel of experts; a detailed programme and opportunities
for networking and socialising. The PCG will be looking
to members to participate fully in the conference and set
the agenda and ideas for the future.
Members should have received the brochure information in
the post and there are a number of threads on the site discussing
the event.
There is a full programme consisting of four different
sessions and a number of guest speakers including:
Prof. Richard Scase - Leading Professional Facilitator
Peter Harrington - Small Business Marketing Specialist
Anne Redston - Ernst & Young
Anne Swain - ATSCO
Kevin Miller - PCG
David Smith - Accountax
Bond Pearce - Employment Specialists
Gyles Brandreth - After Dinner Speaker
We have also organised something for the partners so that
you can make real weekend of it. York is a beautiful city
with plenty to see and do. See https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/members/conference2001/tourism.html
For more information on the conference please see https://www.pcgroup.org.uk/members/conference2001/index.html
Susie Hughes
(Head of Executive Services)
This newsletter is published by the Professional Contractors
Group. Please feel free to circulate the newsletter to other
independent contractors who you know, and who may be interested
in joining the PCG. Some links in the newsletter will take
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