coronavirus responders and key workers should also be rewarded.Nicola Sturgeon recently unveiled plans to give £500 to all full-time health and social care workers for their “extraordinary” service during coronavirus.She urged Boris Johnson to make sure the payment is tax-free.However, the Scottish Government is facing calls to give the same sum to other workers who have performed heroics over the last nine months.On Friday, council leaders at a COSLA meeting backed a Labour amendment on an extension.They agreed that the £500 policy is “welcomed and deserved”, but noted it missed “tens of thousands” of public sector staff in local government.The wording specifically recognised workers who help distribute essential items, protect the.
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