More than 80% turned down for £500 self-isolation grants in Reading
Dozens of applications for discretionary £500 payments to help people self-isolate in Reading have been rejected, figures suggest. The grant is targeted at workers who are not eligible for the main Test and Trace support payment because they do not receive benefits and helps people with coronavirus on low incomes to self-isolate if they cannot work from home. But figures obtained by the Labour party show more than 70 per cent of applications across England were rejected, as the government denied claims that it was planning to extend the payment to everyone who tests positive for Covid-...