In IT the self-employed are paid typically £300-£1,000 per day depending on grade, broadly double their counterparts in employment. One last point for Tory backbenchers: the self-employed are not entrepreneurs starting up new businesses. Molly Scott CatoGreen MEP for South West England and Gibraltar• No crocodile tears for the self-employed, please (Opinion, 10 March). The trend towards self-employment, with its accompanying erosion of the tax base, will continue unless the tax advantages of the self-employed are curtailed. Yugo KovachWinterborne Houghton, Dorset• Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com• Read more Guardian letters – click here to visit gu.com/letters

Source: The Guardian March 12, 2017 19:30 UTC