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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA  (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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£500 Covid payments for low-wage workers to self-isolate could be scrapped

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The government's latest plans to scrap all Covid restrictions could see the end of the £500 self isolation payment for workers with the virus.

Boris Johnson recently announced plans to end all domestic legal restrictions in England a month earlier than planned on February 24.

That means that the Test and Trace Support Payment which was introduced in September 2020 to help low-wage workers afford to self-isolate for up to 14 days could come to its end. READ MORE: Drink-driving £48k-a-year beauty boss 'pressured' into attending work do The Mirror reports that for the first time in almost two years, England will have no legal requirement to self-isolate if you test positive for Covid-19.

The announcement has raised questions over the future of the £500 payment, available to low-income people who are given legal orders to isolate.

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