May relaunches premiership with new protections for gig economy workers

Government review calls for a new category of worker – ‘dependent contractor’ – to differentiate from self-employed among draft protectionsTheresa May will promise to avoid piling any additional red tape on to companies at the launch of a major government-commissioned report into the world of work, which sets out new protections for workers in the gig economy.The prime minister will use a speech – which is also about relaunching her premiership after losing her majo