Carers are still not getting full sick pay if they need to self-isolate - despite council and NHS promising to foot the bill

to pay workers who need to quarantine for two weeks ‘fairly’.There are concerns that some people in unstable employment or who don’t qualify for sick pay will feel forced to continue working to make ends meet when they should be isolating after coming into contact with a coronavirus case.Many people are employed in roles which are impossible to do from home, and may face losing out on two weeks of wages.Baroness Dido Harding, the executive chair of NHS test and trace, told the Local Democracy

to call on the government to ensure people are paid when they are off sick.He says those who are struggling financially and fearful over their jobs feel unable to take time off and that is creating a risk for their communities.In an interview on BBC Breakfast today he was asked whether he thinks it will be safe enough to reopen schools in September.Stressing that 'we've got to make it safe', he said there are two ways the government can help make that happen - giving local councils resources to

coronavirus test. The unnamed first-team star later had two negative tests but will still enter a week's self-isolation as a precaution.The club stressed the individual has not shown symptoms at any stage.Motherwell will look to kick-start their Premiership campaign at home to newly-promoted Dundee United after a 1-0 loss to Ross County last week.

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in Bury. A number of children and adults at Mulberry Bush Nursery in Whitefield have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past week, it has been confirmed.

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second wave of infections.Confirmation that the length of time is to increase came in a joint statement from the UK’s four Chief Medical Officers.Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, told reporters the change was being made due to the “low but real possibility of infectiousness” between seven and ten days after the onset of the illness.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood,

hereMeanwhile, Mr Hancock will make a speech later in which he will set out what the government is calling the NHS People Plan - which includes suggestions staff could use messaging services such as WhatsApp so patients can have quick and easy access to information.Flexible working, more regular staff morale surveys and a requirement for NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups to publish progress reports on black and ethnic minority representation within the workforce are also among the

coronavirus symptoms in England will be ordered to self-isolate for ten days rather than seven, the UK government is due to announce today with the Scottish government expected to swiftly follow.

Moving people who test positive for coronavirus from large households to self-isolate elsewhere is ‘not on the table’, Oldham’s council leader has said.Despite a hundred plus spike in cases being mainly attributed to ‘household transmission’, councillor Sean Fielding said leaders were not looking at measures to move residents who test positive into separate dwellings away from family members.He was responding to a question from Nick Robinson, on Radio Four's Today show, who asked whether they

Hundreds of Brits returning from Spain are facing a 14-day quarantine after the government updated its travel advice.The news that anyone returning to the UK from the popular holiday destination must now self-isolate has frustrated many holidaymakers and led to calls for extra support for those it will impact financially.But what are your pay rights if you are returning from a holiday in Spain?According to the gov.uk website, you are not entitled to Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) if you have to

to self-isolate at home upon their return from Spain should be compensated, Willie Rennie has said. The Scottish Lib Dem leader called on Holyrood ministers to offer support to holidaymakers who travelled to the popular destination under the impression they would not have to quarantine when they arrived home.

UK was omitted from the country’s list of destinations for safe travel.