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NHS Wales app users can now apply for £500 self-isolation payment but it won t be backdated
There have been calls for payments to be backdated to October
08:16, 2 FEB 2021
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People in Wales who are asked to self-isolate via the NHS Covid-19 app will now be eligible to apply for the £500 self-isolation support payment.
Covid: NHS Wales app users can apply for £500 self-isolation payment
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image captionPeople living in Wales and England have been urged to download the government s contact-tracing app
People in Wales who are told to self-isolate by the NHS Covid-19 phone app can now apply for a £500 payment, the Welsh Government has announced.
Until now it has only been available to low-earners who have been asked to isolate by either Test, Trace, Protect or their child s school.
People need to contact their council to access the scheme.
The Conservatives said it was confusing and said people should be able to have payments backdated.
BBC News
By Catrin Haf Jones
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image captionThe review highlighted concerns that many children in need are not eligible or accessing free school meals
All families on Universal Credit should qualify for free school meals, a Welsh Government review has been told.
The Child Poverty Review heard evidence some households in Wales who don t qualify for free school meals are struggling to feed their families .
The unpublished review was expected in March last year.
However, the Welsh Government has said the report no longer fully reflected the situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price has called for every family receiving Universal Credit and equivalent benefits to be eligible for free school meals.