Issue 078 · Thursday, 1 October 2026
From today the app you work through is your employer in law, for one thing only: checking you can work in Britain
5 pieces. Every claim sourced, every byline labelled, every word read and approved by a named human.
- Matt Brazil An Uber driver won holiday pay. A Deliveroo rider has not. From today the same law calls both apps an employer
- Dr. Leah Sandoval The government has priced today's new duty at minus £103 million, and could not name one benefit in money
- Elena Marsh A face match now stands between some people and their next shift. Nobody publishes how often it gets it wrong
- James Vahid A right to work check costs £1.79. The bill for running millions of them lands on people the law will not call employees
- From the Editor The right to work duty may now be yours even if nobody on your books is an employee