Exclusive: Government’s Covid-19 £60,000 compensation payment breaches capital limits rules
The families of low-paid frontline NHS and social care workers who die from coronavirus will be stripped of eligibility for welfare benefits if they receive a payout under the government’s Covid-19 compensation scheme, it has emerged.
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