Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy noticeTory ministers were blasted tonight for scrapping plans to extend Statutory Sick Pay to 2million more people. “With Covid cases going through the roof, its refusal to make sick pay available for all is grossly irresponsible and will help drive infections still higher." Ms O'Grady also called for the government to raise the £96.35-a-week rate of statutory sick pay. Giving everyone access to statutory sick pay would cost less than 1% of the failed test and trace scheme." The Taylor Review recommended extending sick pay to those earning below the lower earnings limit of £120 per week.

Source: Daily Mirror July 20, 2021 17:56 UTC