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04.02.2021 / 10:15
The people with Covid who can't afford to self-isolate - tens of thousands of Greater Manchester’s lowest-paid workers rejected from grant scheme
direct to your inboxTens of thousands of the lowest paid people in Greater Manchester have been rejected after applying for financial support to self-isolate due to Covid-19.So far 22,598 applications for support under the Test and Trace Support Payment scheme have been received by Greater Manchester’s 10 councils.In total 13,390 - or 59% - of those applications have been rejected.Reasons for refusal varied and included no loss of income for self-employed people who were already receiving