Universal credit ‘costs the self-employed thousands of pounds a year’

Businesses, unions and charities warn the rules are biased against those setting up their own companiesA coalition of businesses, unions and charities is demanding a rethink of the government’s welfare reforms, warning they will damage entrepreneurship and cost some self-employed people thousands of pounds a year.Concerns have already been raised about the potential impact of universal credit on the self-employed, with analysts saying the system is biased against those who set up their own