Tax dodging concerns over small firms used to pay NHS test-and-trace workers

Tax dodging concerns over small firms used to pay NHS test-and-trace workers Many workers employed across the £37bn NHS test-and-trace service are being paid through networks of opaque small companies that experts fear could be defrauding the Treasury via a notorious tax scheme.

The Guardian investigated after sources working at Covid-19 call centres, testing sites, mobile testing units and laboratories raised concerns about their payslips and employment terms.