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Low-paid workers going without the financial support needed to self-isolate, unions warn
Picture posed by model to illustrate self-isolating measures

LOW-PAID workers are going without the financial support they need to self-isolate, unions have warned.

The TUC said that the lack of decent sick pay was a “gaping hole” in the government’s approach to public health.

A study by the union confederation suggests that demand for a scheme to help workers self-isolate outstrips allocated funding.

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