direct to your inboxWeaknesses in support for low-paid people who need to self-isolate risk both the government’s Covid-19 roadmap and Greater Manchester’s place within it, Andy Burnham has warned.The mayor said he had hoped government would strengthen the system as part of today’s Budget, but in the event, it was not mentioned.
Echoing calls by Labour nationally, which has also said there needs to be increases to statutory sick pay in order to ensure people can ensure to take time off work where needed, he repeated previous warnings that the ‘lack of a workable scheme’ is ‘the biggest hole in Britain’s defences’, adding that it was also ‘the biggest risk to the roadmap’.
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