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Frank Field MP asks Treasury if it has calculated impact on tax revenues of liquidation of companies linked to Anderson Group

MP Frank Field was speaking after figures showed graduate pay is stalling compared to those who leave school and go straight into work.

Coverage of Frank's campaign in the Observer's Business Leader

Report on the gig economy by Frank Field reveals allegations of ‘poverty pay’ and shoddy treatment at Parcelforce, DPD and British Car Auctions

Frank Field MP and Andrew Forsey posit a simple but ingenious solution: make companies show their workforces are genuinely self-employed

Frank Field is publishing his report days before the publication of Matthew Taylor's review of modern employment practices which was set up by the government.

"The government has acted on the evidence I submitted on the poverty pay and shoddy treatment meted out to some workers at the bottom of the ‘gig economy’, both by commissioning the Taylor Review and now by inquiring specifically around the private hire industry. Watch this space."

Labour's Frank Field said companies such as Uber flout the existing lax rules to get around paying drivers a decent living. His calls in a Westminster debate were met with a positive response from Transport minister John Hayes, who pledged to review the guidance issued to councils.

Frank Field, Labour MP for Birkenhead, predicted many Wirral households could be left without money they are entitled to over Christmas - because of huge administrative delays and errors in payments.