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Everyone with Covid in England could be paid £500 in leaked government proposal

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Dramatic leaked proposals have suggested paying everyone in England £500 if they get coronavirus. Government officials are thought to have drawn up the idea - which is not confirmed policy - this week over fears just one in four people who need to were self-isolating for 10 days.

Currently people forced to self-isolate - either with Covid or because a contact has it - can claim a £500 Test and Trace Support Payment.

But millions have missed out because claimants must be in work, unable to work from home and on certain benefits, and apply to their council.

Expanding the payment to everyone who tests positive is one of four options in a 16-page paper obtained by the Guardian. The leaked report, dated Tuesday this week, describes the

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