Claim: One in seven workers are self-employed, and the number is growing.
Fact-check: Are more people self-employed? - Full Fact
Verdict: one in seven is right, and the number and proportion of workers that are self-employed has been rising since the early 2000s, although it has fluctuated.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Conor James Mckinney
Date published: 2015-09-29T00:00:00