Hi,
My situation is this. I am pregnant, due in March and self-employed for 6 years, but I also worked for an agency for a couple of weeks in October 2025.
- Must I provide the information about agency work on my maternity allowance claim form, even though its duration was very short?
- Today I've logged onto my gov.uk account, and the agency is still being shown as my "current employment", but my last day of work was 31 of October. Am I considered to still be employed or not anymore? I havent received my P45, they have kept me on their books, just not giving any work.
- Do I need to ask them for SMP1 form or just make a claim as a self-employed person?
- I will have to pay some NI contributions to get the full MA rate, so is it better to pay NI straight after completing my self assessment, or first claim MA, wait for the correspondence and pay only then?
I will be very grateful for your replies.