Chuka Umunna MP, Shadow Business Secretary, discusses the Labour Party's attitude to small businesses in an article for City AM http://www.cityam.com/forum/why-labour-the-natural-party-small-business-and-entrepreneurs
He stresses "access to networks from which to draw expertise and advice" - but I wonder if he is aware that this is often being provided by small businesses themselves. For instance, I have a full time job but I also provide marketing advice for three other clients who could not justify directly employing a specialist. I suppose in a way I have one-and-a-quarter jobs since the extra hours add up to about ten per week (many other professionals are doing the same, and this expansion of the jobs market is not likely to turn up on any of the OBS stats).
One thing Chuka Umunna could do is to make the tax process more responsive to people who have income from several "jobs" - at the moment it is ridiculously complex, obscure and inflexible.
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