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What is not quite so clear is where the normal place of work is for a contractor.
Do we ever establish a normal place of work? Is it our home office (which some never use) or is it the last place we worked?
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In the case of a brolly it is the brollies registered office - and this is where it all becomes a bit murky - realistically a person who uses a brolly is in employee of the brolly - however hardly any people who use a brolly ever go to the brollies office (except for the odd few who felt they were not getting a decent response on the phone - but that is another story!)
So the registered place of work is the brollies office - their actual place of work is their client co or whatever - which is not the brollies office and so they 'legitimately' claim expenses for travelling to a different site from their 'official' place of work.
It is quite clear to see that the argument in real terms is pretty paper thin.
The real question is should people who take on fixed term contracts be able to otain some tax benefit due to their fleixbility and the uncertainty of the future (e.g. they may be out of work in the next 3-6 months).
It is a benefit to the economy in general if people with specialist/in demand skills are not penalised for being willing to travel to enable companies who need their skills to use them for a fixed time period without the burden of offering full time employment.