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Tens of thousands of Greater Manchester’s lowest paid workers refused financial support to self-isolate

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Cut through the noise by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Tens of thousands of Greater Manchester’s lowest paid workers asked to self-isolate have been rejected from a scheme offering them financial support.

The government’s Test and Trace Support Payment scheme provides a one-off payment of £500 to people on low incomes if they are required to self-isolate.

It’s a vital cog in the strategy to curb Covid-19 as infection rates continue to rise across the country. Back in February the Manchester Evening Newsrevealed that 59% of all applications to the scheme received by Greater Manchester’s 10 councils had been rejected.

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