...The report by former aide to Tony Blair, Matthew Taylor, pays particular attention to the gig economy...recommends that workers for firms such as Uber and Deliveroo should be classified as dependent contractors, with extra benefits. The Prime Minister said the government would take the report's recommendations seriously. Mr Taylor said there was a perception that the gig economy put too much power into the hand of employers...[and made four] recommendations for the government: [1] People who work for platform-based companies, such as Deliveroo and Uber, be classed as dependent contractors; [2] Strategies must be put in place to make sure that workers do not get stuck on the National Living Wage; [3] The review suggests a national strategy to provide good work for all "for which government needs to be held accountable"; [4] The government should avoid further increasing the non-wage costs of employing a person, such as the apprenticeship levy... [a] spokesperson for the meal delivery service Deliveroo, said: "We would welcome the opportunity to work with the government so we can end this trade off between flexibility and security."... [Before the publication of his findings, Taylor had told the BBC that] working platform providers such as Uber had to demonstrate that workers signing on for hours of work would "easily clear" the minimum wage. Andrew Byrne, head of policy at Uber, said that the average driver took well over the National Living 'All work in UK economy should be fair'... Uber "would welcome greater clarity in the law over different types of employment status"...