Sign up for the latest from M.E.N. political editor Jennifer WilliamsThe Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region have joined forces with the TUC to seek a better deal in the Budget for three million people who are not getting government support in the pandemic.They held a press conference this afternoon where Frances O'Grady, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, described next Wednesday's Budget as "the most important Budget of our lifetime".She described the current sick pay system for people who have to self-isolate after coming into contact with positive Covid cases as "not fit for purpose", while also praising the government for its "brilliant vaccine roll out."A Freedom of Information request had shown.
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