This document discusses potential policy changes to address in-work poverty in the UK. It suggests reducing incentives for bogus self-employment, considering expanding minimum wage legislation, giving workers the right to a regular contract, tackling barriers that prevent increasing work hours such as childcare, providing incentives to increase hours through programs like the universal credit second earner work allowance, and improving the availability of more work hours.

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• Further progress? New remit in 2024
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• Reduce incentives for self-employment and scope for bogus self-employment
• Consider wider scope for minimum wage legislation?
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• Right to regular contract
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• Tackle barriers to increasing hours (childcare?)
• Incentives to increase hours (UC second earner work allowance)
• Improve availability of more hours